“Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Rainy Day

"The Rainy Day", Bentley's Miscellany ( December 1841 http://books.google.com/books?id=pW8AAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Thy+fate+is+the+common+fate+of+all+Into+each+life+some+rain+must+fall+some+days+must+be+dark+and+dreary%22&pg=PA626#v=onepage).

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American poet 1807–1882

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