(27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882 / Portland, Maine)

poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Helen of Tyre

What phantom is this that appears
Through the purple mist of the years,
Itself but a mist like these?
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  • Chris Bowen (3/31/2010 2:02:00 AM)

    i like the fact that nobody commented here, so i get to say it.this song is like mairead, and her fiddle, perched and livid.like a slow song th deep blue sea requested.

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