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" I have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
In the round-tower of my heart.

And there will I keep you forever,
Yes, forever and a day,
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And moulder in dust away. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Birds of Passage


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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote : I have you fast in my fortress,<br />And will not let you depart,<br />But put you down into the dungeon<br />In the round-tower of my heart.<br /><br />And there will I keep you forever,<br />Yes, forever and a day,<br />Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,<br />And moulder in dust away.