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ConsolationHenry Wadsworth Longfellow

Consolation

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To M. Duperrier, Gentleman of Aix in Provence, on the

Death of his Daughter.

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Read the full analysisContext, themes, and a line-by-line reading.What to read next“Lycidas” — John Milton

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