The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-01

been ailing for sometime past, but yes
terday he sank verv rapidly. and at mid
night all hopes of his recovery were aban-
duned
Is 20 p. M.--Longfellow died at 8 Is
o clock.
HENTY wADsWoRTH LoNGFEIOw.
On the midnight of the Goth day after
the celebration of his 10th birthday
throughout the civilized world the most
fortunate and honored Of al the English
poets since Shakespeare, Henry Wads-
worth Longiellow. began to enter into
the shadow of the Invisible World. He
| was surrounded by those he loved best.
loving children, hosts Of wur>hipping
friends. the great memory of Washing
ton. and the good wishes of all good
men and women. No passing away
could be more fclicitous than his. The
haste with which this paragraph must
be written prevents any-the least allu-
sion to the many splendid intellectual
achievements q! this largely gifted man,
who illustrated all known literatures. in
the spirit of their original creators. He
was the first American to introduce his
countryman to the treasure house of
German letters. to the abundant wealth
Of Spanish and Portuguese song and ia
bic. to the awful kingdom of the stern
old Flnrentine and his gentle Roman
Master, To the glorious domain of the
Golden Legend, the primitive poetry of
IIiawatha AMI his beloved Minnehaha.
to the grim Puritan ancestry OF the New
England of which We are so humbly
proud. to the universe of human emo
ton and tenderness.
THE LAST RITES.
Boston. March 2G-The burial servic-
es over the remains OF the poet Longfel-
low occurred at his late home in Cam.
bridge shortly after 3 o'clock this after
noon They were entirely private and
none but relatives and near friends wert.
present. The attendance numbered
about fifty ladies aud gentlemen. and
aside. from the LOngtellowS, AppletonS
and Danas. relatives of the deceased.
Included many persons prominent i'll lit
erature. art and science, among them
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, W. d. HowellS. Bronson Al
cot, Richard II. Dana, John q. Whittier
Louis Agassiz, George VIM. Curtis. Prof.
Chaselut Morton. Gurus 4. Barton and
Prof. Lin"i Month The ca>kct III which
the reual,is were enclosed Vas a plain
one. covered with black broadciuth and
WAS wholly without ornament. save :.
silver plate whiuh hore the inscription
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Born February 21 1907.
Died March "a 1882
The only floral decoration on the caSk-
ct WAS IA handful of passion flowers, The
face of the deceased Wore very peace
full expression and disclosed no sign that
his death had been painful. The Servic-
es We're brief and very impressive and
were conducted by the Rev, Samuel
Lpngfellow. brother of the poet, and
consisted of tervent opening prayer, Il
brief touching eulo2y of the deceased,
reading of the Scripture, and closing
prayer. Shortly after the remains were
followed by the relations aud the friends
in seventeen carriages. and were borne
to their last resting place at Mount Au-
burn cemetry, a short distance from his
late historic residence and deposited in
the family vault. There wero no servic-
60 at the grave and the funeral party re
turned to the house whence many OF
them proceeded to the Appleton Chapel,
Harvard College, to attend to the public
memorial services.