Quote#Death
Tell me not, in mournful numbers
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Psalm of Life, St. 1..
English (original)
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream!" For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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