O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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O, never from the memory of my heartYour dear, paternal image shall depart,Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprised,Taught me how mortals are immortalized;How grateful am I for that patient careAll my life long my language shall declare.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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