Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Santa Filomena, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems (1858), p. 183
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Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom. And flit from room to room.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician.
About Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician.
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