The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-25
LONGFELLOW DEAD.
Sketch Of fhe Poets Lifc-lIis FRS
Poem.


sketch Of fhe Poets Lifc-IIis First
Poem.
BosToN. Mass, March 2i.-licnry w.
Longfellow, poet, ut 4 o'clock this morn
ing was in dying condition, and his death
is momentariy expected. His bedside was
surrounded by his family. lie has been
ailirg for some time past, but yesterday he
sank very rapidly. and at midnight all
hopes of his recovery were abandoned.
Lofer.-Henry w. Longfellow died at
Cambridge at 3:1j o'clock ibis afternoon.
Henry Wadsworth Longielow. an Am( :
rican poet, was born in Portland, Me-,
February 81, 1907. He was the son OF a."
Hon. stephen Longfellow. for many yea
AN eminent member OF the bar in That eli, Z.
Al the age Of fourteen he entered B0wdoin
College. where ne was graduated IN lS2o
During his academic course he gave evil
dencc Of the abilities which afterwards
gained him such high distinction, both as
| a scholar and poet Among his produc.
lions at this period may be mentioned
"IIymn OF The Morayian Nuns The
Spirit OF Poetry" Woods in Winter"
and "Sunrisc on the Hills" After leaving
college he entered the Office OF his father
with some vague intention OF studying law.
but soon rclinquished il for more congo
NAL occupation. Having been appointed
! professor OF modern languages ana litcra-
/ ;urc at Bowdoin College, with The privilege
/ Of residing some years abroad Tor obScrNa-
ton aud study. he gladly accepted the oiic',
and in 1926 sailed for Europe, passing th.d
year i'm France and the next in Spain. Italy
and Germany employed two years more.
/ ON bis return TO The United States, IN 1880.
/ he entered upon the duties OF lIls probes
sorship, and held il for five years. During
I this time. in hi contributions 10 the Norm
/ american Eerictc, in his translation oi the
! CopldS de Nan,iqUe. printed in 1888, and
/ in hi. "Outrc-Mer, a Pilgrimage Beyond
/ The Sea- published in 1880, nc oNhiDiled
/ hi, desire 10 iamiliarize the cultivated minq
81 Amcricawith the national literature and
national character OF European countries.
/ In 1883, on the resignation OF Mr.. George
Ticknor. hc was appointed professor OF
modern languages and bellcs-lcttreS III llar-
ward College; and after passing that yc. +
and the next in Il tour through Denmark,
sweden, Holland, Germany, and Swiizrr-
( land. he for seventeen years performed the
/ duties % his Office TO universal satisfaction.
In 1854 he resigned, but continued to re-
side at Cambridge in the house formerly
occupied by Washington. In 1862 .he
revisited Europe, and was everywhere inc
recipient OF marked hcnOrs, especially IN
England, where his works are perhaps
more universally known and read Than
those Of any other American author. Du-
ring this Journey the degree OF II. =. j..
was conferred upon him by Oxford Uni
yersitv. He had already received the de-
gree Of LII. ID. from Harvard i'll 1893, ana
That Of II. G. l.. from Cambridge, England,
in 1868. besides a great number OF aca-
demic and literary honors ifom nearly al
the leading institutions OF America. Mr..
| IOngfellOw's works are rs follows, not H.
GLIDING in the list the many forms and
sometimes the slightly different titles I'M
der which collections of his poems have
been published: "CoplaS de Manrique.
4 translation Boston, 1883; "Oulre-Mef,
q Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea " OS35) ;
"Hyperion Used; " Voices Of the Night.
and other Poems " QS3V; Ballads ana
other Poems QSiD; Poems ON Slave
~ " QS42); The Spanish student tlSi3)
"Poets and Poetry OF Europe collec'
tion, with criticism (lSl5); 1.-THE Belry
o.. Brugcs and otler Poems llslG);
Eyangclinc" QSiO; karanagh,' 4
Tale " $3.50: " Seaside and Iiresidc y
uSjW; "The Golden Legend = Us5D
"Tbc Song Of Iiiawatha ''GSjj); "ThC
Courlship Of Miles Standi>h OSj9;
"Talcs Of Waysidc Inn " QsG9; =" low.
er-do-Lucc" QSG0; "The New tng!and
Tragedies " NSG9; "Thc Divine Tragc-
DIV " QS72); and Il collection OF his lMcl
pocms. under the title OF " aftermath .
lliS1N. "The Golden Legend" "Th,
New England TRAGEDIES" and ''Thc Di
H. Iggfl
in a volume under the title " CiTiStus.'
One OF the most remarkable woik- Of hi'
LATER wears has been his translation O
? Dnfc's DiUaad C0mmcdi0 into Engli>l
verse. As translator, MIR. LongiclloN
was singulaly happy in tran.insing 10
ONLY the ideas, but the spirit al ~
originals into apt and expressive die
fion: rs q critic, whether comm NJ
ing on character on literature. he was th
Genial Interpreter rather than the ccnso
I rious iudge: and a. poet, he appcGlcd Il
. the universal affections II humanity, an'
/ expressed with the most delicate bcaiil.
thoughts which find sympathy III al minds
r AveIse 50 everything harsh, bitter, dis
dainfal or rcpclant, thcie j. 10 element II
, his poetry 20 call forth IN ungraci0us o
di.cor,lant emotion. IL is always ;olcrm
and human, kindlcd 10y wide sympathie-
, and with tender sense OF every Val lei
G az human condition. He combined ~
e rare degree the sentiment OF the artist WI
II the practical instincts Oi The man 0I 10
: world.
I Among his later poems IS "The Hang
e ing Of the Crane
= IONGFELLOw's FIRST POEM.
l II /, related that when the great poet W
nine wears old, lis teacher wanted HIM
write a composition. Little Henry, III
: all children. shrank from the undertaken;
: but the teacher finally persuaded him
Z take his slate out behind the school-hou'
u and write about anything which migl
ID There attract his attention. lie was above
u "a hall hour 10 complete the work. a VI
: Finuev's barn Glanced to he near Il
c school-housc. and by the side Of hat bar
rev a turnip. Taking these for his sui
iectS. he wrote:
- ..Mr. FiDncy's Turnip.
:, Mr. Finney had turDip.
And it grew and IL grew;
G And it grew heiin / the btrn.
And the tunnp dbl 10 harm.
Ardit grew and II grew.
, Tin n could gr W no tiiler:
!, Then MIR. inncy tpnh II %!
~ Aud put il in the cellar.
4 There " lay. thcrr. II lay,
Til 81 began 60 rot;
o When his daughter susie Wasic -
e And She put IL IN tiie pos
y Then she boiled II, and boiled Vs..
Il As long as She was able;
A Then hts daug' ter Lizzie took ~,
a Ii rf f4ff a u