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There are moments in life when the heart is so full of emotion, / That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble / Drops some careless word, it overflows; and its secret, / Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
There are moments in life when the heart is so full of emotion, / That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble / Drops some careless word, it overflows; and its secret, / Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Longfellow. · page_467
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