Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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