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Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn; something with passion clasp, or perish and in itself to ashes burn.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Something The Heart Must Have To Cherish,

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn; something with passion clasp, or perish and in itself to ashes burn.
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