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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: But ah! what once has been shall be no more! The groaning earth in travail and in pain Brings forth its races, but does not restore, And the dead nations never rise again.
         

But ah! what once has been shall be no more! The groaning earth in travail and in pain Brings forth its races, but does not restore, And the dead nations never rise again.


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This page presents the quote "But ah! what once has been shall be no more! The groaning earth in travail and in pain Brings forth its races, but does not restore, And the dead nations never rise again.". Author of this quote is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This quote is about nations, earth, race, doe, pain, groaning,.