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I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, i knew not where; for, so swiftly it flew, the sight could not follow it in its flight. i breathed a song into the air, it fell to earth, i knew not where; for who has sight so keen and strong, that it can follow the flight of song? long, long afterward, in an oak i found the arrow, still unbroke; and the song, from beginning to end, i found again in the heart of a friend.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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I Shot An Arrow Into The Air,

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, i knew not where; for, so swiftly it flew, the sight could not follow it in its flight. i breathed a song into the air, it fell to earth, i knew not where; for who has sight so keen and strong, that it can follow the flight of song? long, long afterward, in an oak i found the arrow, still unbroke; and the song, from beginning to end, i found again in the heart of a friend.
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