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[Poems by Longfellow in] Final memorials of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)

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[The same wind blowing]

To J. T. Fields.

[What is autobiography]

[When you ask one friend to dine]

[The soldier asked for bread]

[Better juice of vine]

FRAGMENTS OF VERSE.

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[Better juice of vine]

‘Better juice of vine
Than berry wine!
Fire! fire! steel, oh, steel!
Fire! fire! steel and fire!’”