. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . •a^i o)^^^3^- ^ ^^-^^^i. SECOND MARllIAGE. 295 gestecl by reading Mr. Sumners eloquent address on The True Grandeur of Nations. The i)oem wasoriginal!}^ printed in Grahams Magazine forMay, 1845. In the same volume appeared Sea-weed (first printed in Grahams Magazine forMay, 1845), and which the poet wrote at Nahant ona quiet summer morning. The Day is Done firstappeared in The Waif, under the title of famous Drinking Song flashed into the poetsmind one evening while he and Felton were loun-ging before a
. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . •a^i o)^^^3^- ^ ^^-^^^i. SECOND MARllIAGE. 295 gestecl by reading Mr. Sumners eloquent address on The True Grandeur of Nations. The i)oem wasoriginal!}^ printed in Grahams Magazine forMay, 1845. In the same volume appeared Sea-weed (first printed in Grahams Magazine forMay, 1845), and which the poet wrote at Nahant ona quiet summer morning. The Day is Done firstappeared in The Waif, under the title of famous Drinking Song flashed into the poetsmind one evening while he and Felton were loun-ging before a wood-fire in the study, quaffing poetswine. Another well-known j^oem, The Arrowand the Song, was suggested to Mr. Longfellowwhile strolling through Nortons Woods (so callednow) in Cambridge. The stanzas were pencilled ashe emerged from the grove, and was slowly wend-ing his way home. But the poem which above all others in the bookhas attained a popularity is that entitled The OldClock on the Stairs. Somewhat back from the village streetStands the old-fashioned its ant
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