Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away ...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

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