New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-27
LONGFELLOW'S FUNERAL.
SIMPLE SERVICES AT CAMBRIDGE.

ETRY.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUSE.l
CAMBRIDGE Mass March 26.--The funeral of the
poet LongfeOw took place to-day. The weather
was cherries and uncomfortable. cold, search
ing, nOrtheasterly wind prevailed, while snow
squalls added to the discomfort of those who sought
to show their respect and reverence for the man
whose sweet songs have stirred so many hearts on
both sides of the Atlantic. His funeral like his llfe
was simple and unostentatious and ii the poet ielt
no instructions as to the manner OF his Duriai' his
friends were certainly governed by spirit IN con-
sonance with Longfellows life and character. PHI
vate services were held at 2:3Op. at the late resi-
dcnce of the poet, around which have clustered SC
many valued recolIections There were present
about forty persons, including the members of his
family. Among the friends were Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George William
Curtis, the Rev. DR.. C. A. Bartol
Charles Eliot Norton. Professor Luigi
Monti, DR.. Morrill, Wyman, W. ID.
Howells, and Mrs. Louis Agassiz'
The coffin was covered with black cloth, and the
plate bore this inscription Henry Wadsworth
LOngfelow. Born February 81, 1907; died Marcn
"a, 1892" On the coffin lay spray OF passion
flowers.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Samuei
Longfellow of Portland. a brother of the poet VINO
read passages of ofScrpture made a brief address and
hearse to Mount Auburn. The coffin was taken to
the lot in Indian Ridge Path. which occupies
prominent position about One-eighth of mile from
the cemetery gate The lot covers a space of about
20 by 25 feet, and commands a fine view of Cam
bridge. with Arlington Heights in the distance.
The lot is raised few feet above the path, and IS
surrounded by a plain granite curbng. No head
stone is visible for beneath the centre of the lot -
a tomb in which rest the remains of the poet ana
the members of his family who died before him.
The services we're brief and the mOuners were then
driven to Appleton Chapel at Harvard College, the
spot once so familiar to the poet.
The hour named for the public services in Apple
ton Chapel was 4:30 p. M, but before 3 O'Clock
large throng of people had gathered about the
building and were seeking shelter from the cold
wind. The building seats comfortably about ooo
persons The doors were thrown open at $50
o'clock, and all the seats not reserved and the
standing room were occupied. The family did not
90 TO the church, but went to the old home. Inc
only floral display was q large and beautiful lyre
composed of tea, rosebuds callas and other flowers
The services were begun at 4:3O o'clock by an organ
voluntary by Professor John X Paine, at the close
of which 90 Cast thy Burden on the Lord" by
Flemming, was sung by the Harvard Glee Club The
rest of the musical service consisted of Men
delssOhns motet Forever Blessed" the hymn
| God ia Love- and the Dead March in Saul"
The Rev DIR. Francis G.. Peabody read Scripture
sentences and apt poetica selections The Rev. d.
c. c. Everett, of tho late Edward Everett theh
spoke as follows:
In this service OF sympathy and reverent SorrOw II Ia
moving inspiring thought that the feelings which draw
us here are shared by mutitudes wherever the English
tongue is spoken. Many share them 10 wh0m the SONGS
speech It elbows civilization in one OF Its nost
aspects that feelings profound SO pure, should
aseinate such large portion OF the world today here
dazzling position here Is no startling ms
reoieed and loved and now they mourn e b lor pof %
there Is deeper sorrow @ wne o H0eqs ss or
| who was neighbOT, who was our friend , We knew
the simple Deauty of his life knew its TRUTH its kind
ness ts hcpfulnes its strength We could not indeed
separate from thought the knowledge OF his fame and
of his genius We him bear the Donors or the world
more easily than the trmphs of ordinary life, Thus
we knew and loved him. and thus we sorrow FOR nm
But this difference Of which speak is, atter all one OF
degree He poured himself into his songs, and wherever
they went he found with Them And IL these Others
in its nearer presence rhus drew near to many
hearts thus many VINO never looked upUn % ms br ,So e
to-day that they too nave lost rlend lod reneDe5 @
how sweety and gracefully ne greets these unseen ana
unknown friends IN the dedication of one OF his BOOKS
He feels their presence though ne sees the NOT % ne
enters their very household, sure OF welcome Ihus ne
side when the lamps lighted, place shall be re-
served the rest" The kindly request was heeded
he found place in many households which nc had never
and now by many treside II Is Us though tHero
| was one more vacant chair" :, r.,,
have said poured his life into his work 1t is SHOWN
in all the phases of life and experience whcn Iorti so
large portion OF his poetry ne was GOeho Of 70 s eer ro
InanceswhaJ many sing If they sing nothing else. ne
romantic love at the doors Of the temple his There
is something strange too Ill the Iascnauo when Jno
| remember that Bryant first won fame by a hymn
to death; and So think, the me him npSt vo pfel t6st
| translation of those Spanish lines when e1at !ne
majesty Of death and sing the shortness OF human me-
But the first song OF his own Whch Soh tne IecosllEn
of the world was not song of deatn-t was Psalin
of Life" That little volume The Voices % OF te SsIbt H.
whole spirit his eTerg t h 9 III o nf sRenS eome
after and after find his whole life maged In ms
do not mean that he tore open the heart OF ,e
versal made the common property OF all w S WANDER @
with him through foreign ands. He takes US with MN
arest fruits We hear with him the greeting OF the new
born child. We taken into the sacred Joy OF Done
The merry notes of the chdrens home ring upon our
ears We feel the pains Of and u loss; we hear
prayer OF elevated trust and w9en ge @ draws @ near
with him the solemnty and subllny OF the satneihs
The lie which was thus maged in these songs one
that fitted for such thngs think we may io1K h a,
lived on EARTH 30 that we say there seems little that
was lacking to its perfect completeness do not Mea
What poets life can be made complete with
out the experience of suerinR But from the very nrst
M e Gse s APPLAUSE Sn s Of the world and the sympathy
men moved With him he moved forward in his work
Travel in foreign lands enlarged dis n Smps9sles %es
| which they otherwise might have lacked,
the n and he S' drew rom all It is said know
that he represents the culture OF the past and OF ioeSn
lands. that he is not our poet American But what
il he genius of our country What is American Isl
not the very genius OF all nations bringing together ec
ments from far of lands fuslng them into
one and making O new type OF man Inc
American poet should represent the geDins o al ANUS
He nnst have no provincial muse He must sing vi the
forest and OF but not OF these alone he must
be heir of all the joys He must Dc the M W
unto himself and stand Free strong able, man as SIN
ME as though he strayed beyond his native
woods lie must in other words be like our loDgfelow
When what we may call his preparation was completed,
his life flowed on its course gathering only greater ana
camer feelings IA il flowed. His age was as beautiful as
his manhood and his youth Moritur Salutanus tnat
marvellous poem Is perhaps the grandest hymn to age
that was ever written. II is no distant dream as was
when those sounding Spanish lines fell from his