Outre-Mer; A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Fiction, Essays & Travelogues - Softcover

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587158965 ISBN 13: 9781587158964

Publisher: Borgo Press, 2002

Synopsis

I dedicate this little book to thee with many fears and misgivings of heart. Being a stranger to thee, and having never administered to thy wants nor to thy pleasures, I can ask nothing at thy hands, saving the common courtesies of life. Perchance, too, what I have written will be little to thy taste; -- for it is little in accordance with the stirring spirit of the present age. If so, I crave thy forbearance for having thought, that even the busiest mind might not be a stranger to those moments of repose, when the clock of time clicks drowsily behind the door, and trifles become the amusement of the wise and great. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

About this title

About the Author:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, which was then a part of Massachusetts. He studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and later, at Harvard College. Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854, to focus on his writing, living the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a former Revolutionary War headquarters of George Washington.

About this edition

• Publisher: Borgo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1587158965
• ISBN 13: 9781587158964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156