Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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