Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 371 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) |
| QUOTATION: | Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Death |