Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
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- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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