. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; a biographical sketch. athe had his seasons of eager excitement, —the glorious, painful travail of genius; andthat in those supreme moments were pro-duced such pieces as Sandalphon, TheWarden of the Cinque Ports, The Fire ofDrift-Wood, and The Two Angels. Visitors were received in the south frontroom on the ground floor. This is a library,containing, among other things, the authorsoriginal manuscripts, bound in a long series 17 258 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. of volumes. Books, letters, and papers areon all sides. Tables, shelves, and even partsof the floor, are c
. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; a biographical sketch. athe had his seasons of eager excitement, —the glorious, painful travail of genius; andthat in those supreme moments were pro-duced such pieces as Sandalphon, TheWarden of the Cinque Ports, The Fire ofDrift-Wood, and The Two Angels. Visitors were received in the south frontroom on the ground floor. This is a library,containing, among other things, the authorsoriginal manuscripts, bound in a long series 17 258 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. of volumes. Books, letters, and papers areon all sides. Tables, shelves, and even partsof the floor, are covered. On his writing-table were piles of letters, — many of themunanswered; for the whole world during thelast few years of his life seemed intent onburying him under piles of pointed on one occasion to a large massof letters, over two hundred in number, andsaid to the author that the thought of themwas distressing. He disliked to be consid-ered discourteous, but to answer all thosepeople at his time of% life was Upon that table are two famous belonged to Coleridge, and bears his A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 259 name upon an ivory plate. The other wasCrabbes, and was given by Crabbes son toThomas Moore, and by him to S. C. Hall,who also possessed that of Coleridge. , in 1872, sent both to Longfellow, to-
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