The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index

Born in 1807, died in 1882; graduated from Bowdoin in 1825; traveled in Europe in 1826-29; professor at Bowdoin in 1829-35; again visited Europe in 1835-86; professor at Harvard in 1836-54; published "Voices of the Night" in 1839, "Evangeline" in 1847, "Hiawatha" in 1855, "Miles Standish" in 1858; "Tales of a Wayside Inn" in 1863, a translation of Dante in 1867-70, "The Divine Tragedy" in 1871, and many other volumes of verse; his prose writings include "Outre-Mer," published in 1835, and two novels, "Hyperion," published in 1839, and "Kavanagh," in 1849. The cemetery of Pre Lachaise is the Westminster Abbey of Paris. Both are the dwellings of the dead; but in one they repose in green alleys and beneath the open skyin the other their resting place is in the shadowy aisle and beneath the dim arches of an ancient abbey. One is a temple of nature; the other a temple of art. In one the soft melancholy of the scene is rendered still more touching by the warble of birds and the shade of trees, and the grave receives the gentle visit of the sunshine and the shower: in the other no sound but the passing footfall breaks the silence of the place; the twilight steals in through high and dusky windows; and the damps of the gloomy vault lie heavy on the heart, and leave their stain upon the moldering tracery of the tomb. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 29145
Author: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
Release Date: Jun 17, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919 , Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924