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The Builders

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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“All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Builders

The Builders.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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“Nothing useless is, or low;
Each thing in its place is best;
And what seems but idle show
Strengthens and supports the rest.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Builders

The Builders, st. 2 (1849).

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“In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Builders

The Builders (1849).

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