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I am as homeless as the wind that moans And wanders through the streets.

I am as homeless as the wind that moans And wanders through the streets.
Henry W. Longfellow ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial

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Henry W. Longfellow
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Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)

Number 904 · printed citation: Longfellow

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