Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deade

Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper la — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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