| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 36690 |
| QUOTATION: | There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell, like a falling star,
Excelsior! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882), U.S. poet. Excelsior (l. 41–45). . .
Oxford Book of Children’s Verse in America, The. Donald Hall, ed. (1985) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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