Victorian's Declaration

Be still, my swelling heart! one moment, still!
Why, 't is the folly of a love-sick girl.
Come, give it me, or I will say 't is mine,
And that you stole it.
O, you will not dare
To utter such a falsehood!
I not dare?
Look in my face, and say if there is aught
I have not dared, I would not dare for thee!

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Song of Hiawatha." One of the most popular American poets of the 19th century.

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