Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part I, section 1.Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight.
Outre-Mer (1835).And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
