Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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