Wadsworth Longfellow

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    “There in the twilight cold and gray,
    Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
    And from the sky, serene and far,
    A voice fell, like a falling star,
    Excelsior!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    “Between the dark and the daylight,
    When the night is beginning to lower,
    Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,
    That is known as the Children’s Hour.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    “The tide rises, the tide falls,
    The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
    Along the sea-sands damp and brown
    The traveler hastens toward the town,
    And the tide rises, the tide falls.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)