Thanks, Chris. A better poem than the ones I cited or remember. I think of Longfellow as a boy's poet. and wouldn't have thought of reading him as an adult. Maybe teh part of the corpus I was exposed to didn't sustain an interest in further reading--though I liked him very mcuh at the time. We had some Longfellow at home, but I don't remember whether we had a Selected Longfellow or simply anthologies that contained the usual pieces. I suspect the latter. In fact, they may be been childrens' or boy's anthologies--or "family" anthologies which were common in that era. I modify: I don't regret reading him, but don't miss him because I am unfamiliar with his more complex and adult works. The ones I liked early I can live without. Though they weren't bad for what they were intended to be,even so. Thanks for the education.
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