Within the halls of Jove were inly grieved.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
A man of true genius.—Edgar A. Poe.
A man’s heart beats in his every line.—George Gilfillan.
Of all our poets Longfellow best deserves the title of artist.—Griswold.
They (Longfellow’s poems) appear to me more beautiful than on former readings, much as I then admired them. The exquisite music of your verses dwells more agreeably than ever on my ear, and more than ever am I affected by their depth of feeling and their spirituality, and the creative power with which they set before us passages from the great drama of life.—William Cullen Bryant in letter to Longfellow.
Santa Filomena.
Whene’er a noble deed is wrought,
Whene’er is spoken a noble thought,