. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; un cenni biografici. Bowdoin College, atBrunswick, non lontano oriente di Portland. Per il 44 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Primo anno ha proseguito i suoi studi principalmente athome. Egli deve essere stato un grande lettore di wellas un attento studente, perché nella sua earliestwritings vi è un evidente ampia familiarizzare-ance con inglese e altre moderne litera-tures. In effetti, era quasi una fanciullezza,nel senso comune del termine. Egli enjoyedan vela occasionali tra le isole, andwas un visitatore frequente presso la paterna homein Gorham e presso la casa di suo nonno Wadsworth. In ts

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. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; a biographical sketch. Bowdoin College, atBrunswick, not far east of Portland. For the 44 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. first year he pursued his studies mainly athome. He must have been a great reader as wellas a thorough student, because in his earliestwritings there is an evident wide acquaint-ance with English and other modern litera-tures. In fact, his was hardly a boyhood, in the usual sense of the term. He enjoyedan occasional sail among the islands, andwas a frequent visitor at the paternal homein Gorham and at the house of his grand-father Wadsworth. In these places, whichare full of beautiful water-courses, woods, and meadows, he gained the intimate ac-quaintance with nature which is the indis-pensable training of a poet. From theserural scenes, and from the views of thecountless green islands and the storm-beatencoast, he drew the inspiration which was tobe as lasting as life. But he does not appear to have had time, or perhaps inclination, for the common out-door sports and pastimes of youth. Yacht-. THE WADS WORTH HOUSE, HIRAM, ME. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 47 ing, hunting, fishing, and games were for suchas did not propose to become learned attwenty. It is strange to think of a hearty, vigorous, and manly boy advancing to matu-rity without boyish adventures, peccadilloes, or accidents, and gliding into a professorschair in a few years after leaving his moth-ers knee. Among his classmates, besides his brother, were Hawthorne, John S. C. Abbott, Rev.George B. Cheever, Cilley, who was killedin a duel by Graves of Kentucky, and JamesW. Bradbury. His scholarship was evidentfrom the beginning, and at graduation hestood second in a class numbering thirty-seven. He was appointed one of the orators, and was assigned the theme of Chatterton;but the Faculty was induced to change thetheme proposed, and he delivered an orationon American Literature. How Longfellow looked at this period, aswell as the impression he made upon his as-sociates, may be

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