Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet - "In the glory of the sunset, Thus departed Hiawatha."

In the glory of the sunset Thus departed Hiawatha HENRY W. LONGFELLOW POET BORN FEB. 27, 1807 AT PORTLAND, ME. GRADUATED FROM BOWDOIN COLLEGE AND OCCUPIED THE CHAIR OF BELLES LETTRES IN HARVARD UNTIL 1854 HIS FIRST PUBLISHED WORK WAS HYPERION" "EVANGELINE AND HIAWATHA ARE AMONG HIS BETTER KNOWN LONGER POEMS.. MANY OF HIS POEMS ARE HOUSEHOLD FAVORITES IN AMERICA AND ABROAD DIED MAR. 24, 1882 AT CAMBRIDGE GSTEPHEN ANDERSON QURTLAND FEBI6 9-AM 1940 MAINE HENRY W. LONGFELLOW - FIRST DAY OF ISSUE Donald James 3595 Bainbridge Ave N.Y. Bronx ONGBELLOW HENRY W. LONGFELLOW