The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-29
OBITUARY.
Henry Wadswor,h Lonei.liow.

the afternoon walking on the piazza. and
going into the house complained of beina
slightly cold. 1t dinner he was szddenIy
taken i'll. and soon after went to his room.
and in short tine had a violent attack OF
vertigo. Sunday he complained of eevere
pains in the stomach, and oriates
were administered to allay the trout le and
IindOce sleep. His condition seemed some
what improved till Monday, VIXEN danger
Gus symptoms became manifest. and She
family became seriously alarmed Tuesday
morning these symptoms assumed Eu aggr9-
vased form, and it became evident thao
death was near "Wednesday and Tf-grsdav
however, there was a sliaht Improvement
and dispositions to sleep almost ocsaiinu-
ally
|, During the afternoon sad evening. of
Thursday be talked a great deal on various
9topics, and seemed to recover large por-
/ ton OF his usual bright ana cheerful dssro-
siti0n. LateT in the night We became. ia r
| tally usconscsous and restless. This Ir0rl-
ing he revived though his .alk was sOn-e-
what lnoohereIoL This confirmed till aSout
an hour besoJe death, wien he again
| be zane unconscious ami so continued until
| thcl last, little past o'clock, suffering sat
little pain apparently. The inmedfste,
cause OF Death vas peritonitis. All the
lam ny were present at the tims'of the d-s-
solution.
Lo3gfellov has not been in rood health
since the deatd'of his intimate Trend Pre-
! fessor Agassizs That was o great shock 10.
him, and from il he never recove -ea. For
nearly two years asterward his health was
the source OF. anviety. He was unable
during that time TO enjoy his food yyying to
impaired digestion, and dined entirely on
bread and milk
Whatever may be sa6d of the pref srence of
| scholarly people, there can be no question that
LongfelloF was the noss popular OF h-eeriean
poets, not only at home, bat in the United King
dom and the Britishcolonses as we'll A raan of
| books, Mr.. Longfellow liEed, nevertheless out
side OF the rigid barrerc cs exclusives less within
which many literary FOLKS inclose themselves
| His poetry made him. kssown To everybody,
not as a member OF q. cultured class but
as a gentle, sympathetic, refined tender
| hearted ana demonstrating man. The
man end the poet were one in the oOpu-
| lar estimation, and they l3ve both him a1a his
verses these because they are revelati, o sach
sweet, gentle, wise ana loving manhood as every
| body enjoys TO find Mr. Uengfellow's ife vns q
widespI Ad blessing. lie moved the q eat ,leart
| of Nations 10 sympathy with the wn lnged TO
gentle nnd refined delight, and seldom to nd 5,oa-
| ton at the oppressor, Indignation bel ng more
| than Outweighed in feeling for the victi n. |he
veteran writer had just passed his ty-si-sth
year OF wellspent. an industrious, refill led nnd
gentle ife being seventyiive years of age on ne
9th of February.
Henry Wadsworth IongieloN was born at Pcvs-
| land. Me-, on the 9th of February, 1st7. HIS
father an attorney at law. In 1871 he ntered
Bowdoin College, and was graduated there fOtry
years later. He then read law a few moi Iths in
mis- fathers Office, pursuit which, happ n.y. h ,
did not continue, friends who lznew his gen by
acquaintance with has College life providing him
the opportunity of an occupation more cong enial
They offered him the position of Profes Sor OF
Modern Languages at BeYdoin, one en- tirely
he better for it's duties, Mr.. ,ong-
| fellow spent the three years an q
half Immediately succeeding his accept lnce
of the offer in Europe, visiting France, Sp ain,
| Italy, Germany, Holland and Sngland for this
purpose lie came home in 1899, and began his
profeSsorship at BOwdein, whish continued until
1885: when the death OF Mr.. George TicSnor, " no
| held the corresponding position In Harvard nj
yersity resulted In his acceptance of the vacant
| professorship in that eminent seat OF learning.
Before actually entering upon its duties he again
| went to Europe, this time visiting the Scandi-
naElan countries; Germany and Switzerland
mainly with the view OF promoting his acquaint-
anee with the literature of Northern Europe. In
the autumn Of 1856 he began 70 each in Harvard,
succeeded IN his position BY James Russell
Lowell.
lar Longfellow's s career as an author dates from
his undergraduate days, during which he con-
tributed poetry to the columns OF the United
States Literary Gazette. While at Bowdoin some
abe pieces OF literary criticism, the products of
his fertile pen, printed in the North Ameri-
can Review. His ssrst volume Of poems saw the
light in lS33 since which, at not infrequent inter-
coined with pleasure by large constituency of
| admiring, loving readers. There IS no occasion
whatever TO detail the numerous productions of
| hispen. Perhaps "Evangeline' and "Miles STAN
dish'' are the best known of his longer pieces In
| the writers opinion, his most effe1tive work is
seen in some of his lyrcs. which are perfect in
| their construction and perva9od with sweetness,
pensiye tenderness and humanity. They car
| riedIn the memory OF thousands on both sides of
| theAtlantlc ana are gems which permanently en-
| riah the literature of Nations. Hyperion"
| romance, is not we'll known as Ma. LonPfellow's
poetry. His translation of Dante, published in
| 1885, not be said to have superseded that of
! Carey. AS was before suggested, M bOngfellow's
poetry is not characterized by strength or great
ness, but by gentleneSs, sweetness and refinement,
the product of vast labor but free rom pedantry
| and affection. He has gwen eloquent and simple
| Koice to the convictions and emotions of good
| every day kind of people.
| Since 1885 Mr.. Longfellow has made two trips TO
Europe, one in 1912 and the second in 1SGS and
1869. On the last occasion he was made a doctor
of laws by the University of Cambridge, England,
Fand doctor of civil law by that of Oxford in the
lsame country. 1E 1873 he was elected 8 member
of the Russian Academy of Science, and in 1877
of the Spanish Academy. His works have been
translated into the COntiner tai languages of Eur
| ope. Mr. Longiellow was an American whose IL
| lustTious fame digDifes his native land, and
! human nature
FOREIGN EXPRESSI0NS4
LONDON, March 24.-The Times SAYS:
"The news of Longfeilow's death will be
read with deep regret wherever the English
language is spoken. The death of no lit
erary Engishman could excite more genu-
inc sorroN than that of the much-loved
author af 'Evangeline.'" The News,
Standard and Telegraph speak in equally
graceful terms of Longfellow.