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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.
         

I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.


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This page presents the quote "I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.". Author of this quote is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This quote is about death, embers, condolences, sympathy,.