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Will then, Duperrier, thy sorrow be eternal?And shall the sad discourseWhispered within thy heart, by tenderness paternal,Only augment its force? Thy daughter’s mournful fate, into the tomb descendingBy death’s frequented ways,Has it become to thee a labyrinth never ending,Where thy lost reason strays? I know the charms that made her youth a benediction:Nor should IContinue reading “Consolation (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of His Daughter) : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Daughters Poems : :”