The Pine-tree coast . rm. It is he who hastold us that the poets are the best travelling companions. Let us then takehim at his word, in this his own native city. We have no sooner reached thebrow of Bramhalls Hill than deep down beneath we see the shadowy crown Of the dark and haunted wood, where the boy Longfellow roamed and mused. Indeed, at almost every turn, the stranger is reminded that Longfellow wasborn here. In the most aristocratic quarter a statue has been raised to hismemory. The artist, Mr. Franklin Simmons, who is also native here and to the manner born, hasrepresented the poetse
The Pine-tree coast . rm. It is he who hastold us that the poets are the best travelling companions. Let us then takehim at his word, in this his own native city. We have no sooner reached thebrow of Bramhalls Hill than deep down beneath we see the shadowy crown Of the dark and haunted wood, where the boy Longfellow roamed and mused. Indeed, at almost every turn, the stranger is reminded that Longfellow wasborn here. In the most aristocratic quarter a statue has been raised to hismemory. The artist, Mr. Franklin Simmons, who is also native here and to the manner born, hasrepresented the poetseated in his chair, withhead slightly droopedforward on his work gives us Long-fellow all complete; themeditative pose of thehead, his thoughtfulbrow, his pensive look,and even his half-sadsmile of later years —theyears of his LostYouth, perchance — areall there. It is the veryman. I happened to bestanding by, among thecrowd, on the day whenthis statue was publiclyunveiled. As the whitecovering was being. ^f^Spt^g^ moved, disclosing re-the LONGFELLOW STATCE. noble and dignified feat-ures to view, a well-dressed woman at my elbow remarked to her neighbor,Why, he must have been a dark-complected man! The statue itself, it isperhaps needless to add, is of a dark bronze. Before taking many steps in Portland it is necessary, first of all, to pointout one or two things, even to the casual visitor. In the first place, he finds,a new city when he had expected, if not hoped, to find an old one. Then, again,there is a marked discrepancy in the looks of the west end of the town, as
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