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“The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama.” quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Download Open image

“The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“ Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers,— Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics. Neither locks had they to their doors, nor bars to their windows; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of the owners;…

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Thus departed Hiawatha, Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, In the purple mists of evening, To the regions of the home-wind, Of the Northwest-Wind, Keewaydin, To the Islands of the Blessed, To the Kingdom of Ponemah, To the Land of the Hereafter!

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