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DELIA by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

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First Line: SWEET AS THE TENDER FRAGRANCE THAT SURVIVES
Last Line: HATH COME TO THEE. SLEEP, DARLING; IT IS BEST.
Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,
But never will be sung to us again,
Is thy remembrance. Now the hour of rest
Hath come to thee. Sleep, darling; it is best.




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