The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-30
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
DEATH OF LoNGFELLOw.

DEATH OF LONGFELLOW.
The country was not altogether I'M
prepared for the news of the death of
the great poet. Longfeliow. this morn
ing. For some time the signs Of ap
Droaching dissolution had been evident.
LongfellOw was not unprfpared for the
event Having lived life that made
the world better aud happier for his
having lived in il, he was prepared 10
go.
Henry Svadsworth Longfellow Was
born at Portland, Maine, February
81, 1907. AT the age of fpurteen he en-
ier,d Bowdoin college from which he
graduated IN l525 ia GLASS which in
! cludtd Nathaniel HAwIh"ne, Ge,Irpe Il
Che v.r. john ) &. Abb ~. aud others
'tiiet~Rfd kDnwu To lib.rStur,. Daring
his r..Ilssr DAYS Le distinguished hIn,-
self ia n' dern Language $, and wrote
several short poems. p' bli>hcd chiefly
la ii'e UhiIrd 81 .tt- LiIrraTy GaZstIe NJ
b. 'sInp; one If these WAS the we'll known
"IS INA OF The M1ravi4n Nuns
N"ung LOngfellow, after graduation,
entered HE law office al his father,
but IL was SOON found that nature
had endowed him for another
field of usefulness The following year
he accepted the chair Of modern Ian.
guages at Bowdoin, with ihe privilege
OF spending three years in Europe in
preparation for that important post. He
studied in France. Spain, Italy and Ger
many, and returning, entered upon his
prOfessorship in 1929. and began TO pub
lish the results of his treful researches
int" European languages and literature,
bath medieval and modern. His first
volume issued ia 1893 was n small book
entitled Essay on the Moral and Devc-
tional Poetry of Spain" In 1885 vol
ume of prose sketches of travel from
his pen appeared under the title, "Ouire
Mer, IL Pilgrimage beyond the Sea"
In the same year he was elected To the
chair of modern languages and litera-
ture at Harvard University. He again
spent year in travel and study in Eu-
rope, especially in Denmark, Sweden
and Switzerland, culiivaIing knOwl-
edge Of early Scandinavian literature.
He entered upon the discharge of the
duties of his new position in 1896, and
became resident nf the historic Cragie
House, which WAS once Washingion's
headquarters. He afterwards purchas
al this hnnan nnA 1na1.a 10 h,ia
home. In 1889 he published
Hyperion, Romance" and Voices of
the Night" his first volume of original
verse, comprising the selected prOduc-
lions of nearly twenty years. 1t pro-
cured him Immediate recognition as q
poet, and the Psalm of Life" one of the
best things in the English language.
took rank as II popular faYorite. BAL
ads and Other Poems and small
volume of Poems on Slavery" appeared
in 1912; the Spanish Student" dra-
ma in three acts, in 1913; "EVangeline,
Tale of Acadie," IN l847, the latter be-
ing spirited introduction of hexame-
ter verse, and generally considered as
published Poets and Poetry of Eu-
rope;" in 1S49, "Kavanagb. Tale;"
in 1850, "The Seaside and the Firestde;"
in 1851, THE Golden Legend" in 1885,
THE Song of Hiawatha :" in 1858, "The
Couriship of Miles Standlsh;" in 1868,
Tales OF Wayside Inns" in 1866,
"Flower dc Luce;' in 1967-7O, II mas
teTly poetIcal translation of Dante; in
1869. New England Tragedies" in
1871, The Divine Tragedy" in 1872,
"Threc Books of Song" in 1874, The
Hanging Of the Crane" and in 1875,
"Moriiuri Salutamus," poem read ut
the fitieth anniversary of his class at
Bowdoin. OIher poems have since fol-
lowed
Prof Lnngfeliow resigned his chair
at Harvard in 1854, but has continued
to reside at Cambridge. lie travelled in
Europe in 1941.42 and in 196S-G9, on
which latter occasion lie received the
degree of ID. e. l.. from the University
at OxfoId, and IN 1874 received large
complimentary vote for the lord rector
ship of the University of Edinburgh.
Some of his poetical works have been
translated into many languages. and the
name of Longfellow is known and es
teemed wherever there are patrons OF
literature. Complete editinas of his
works have enjoyed wide circulation,
not only in his own country, but in equal
degree in England, where their popular
ity rivals that OF the best modern Eng
lish poetry.
The last few years of his life NJ.
LOngfellow spent in the quiet of his
lovely home at Cambridge. surrounded
by members OF his family AMI his
friends and books. He was reveTed by
all who knew him. We cannot better
close this article than by quoting one
of his own verses:
''Chs lives of great men all remind us
We make our lives sublime,
| And departing leave benin uS
Footprints ON the sands Of time
Longfellow has left footprints which
will never be erased from the memories
of humanity, and which will he an
example 10 coming generations.