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I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Popular Quotes

The bravest are the tenderest.

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Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

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Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.

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None but yourself who are your greatest foe.

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Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

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Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.

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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

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