Wadsworth Longfellow

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    In the long, sleepless watches of the night,
    A gentle face—the face of one long dead—
    Looks at me from the wall,
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    In the long, sleepless watches of the night,
    A gentle face—the face of one long dead—
    Looks at me from the wall,
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    This is the poem of the air,
    Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
    This is the secret of despair,
    Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
    Now whispered and revealed
    To wood and field.
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)