LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 199, 28 May 1881, Page 3

LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA.

I If will heroMienshered lli.'if some Sunday- j r I sehool children in America,on the occasion : y ! of 11.-in yWa.Uwoiih I/mel'cllowTsevcnt y- i, * second l.iilhdny presented him w it)j a chair | \ : mini.- nnl of tin* wood of tli.- ciii-sLiiiit In-.- j. ; iminm-tali/ivl I>V him in his renown--I : , , “Villa-/*- I'iacksmiui.’ In a iiuh- volume |"f j>.•- * 111 > jus! issued. .-ntiii-i •• ( : itim;i , j Tinil.-,*' prol.aidy '.in-. lasi I s.». »k that. On*;, | jioi-t will Lii\** us. 1 /.njjlV-liow r»;*iis !. I fin- following charming and iunehini:' letter | f j in verse in response to tin* jr'ift. which wo : j j an-Mire will U- read with d* linlil hy our j f !Am 1 a klnir. that 1 -should .-all mv own j i This sj.lojs li-1 fhon throney | |<h- hy wliaf reason. yr \vhat rich! ilivim-. ; j. ti.lv, p.Tl.Mps, i,v ri-l.t 1 1 ivlln ■i j I -Mil- j' j 11 may to nn- h.-hm^; | • j > inly Ijocaiisc tin* spreading chestnut In"’ j 1 1 M' oM was suiiic hy me, I i | VO-11 I remember it in all it - prime. |[ When in the summer-turn- | j j Tin* affluent foliage of its liram-lp-s ina h- j j - A cavern of cool simile. | j J’ln-iv, hv fin* hlacU-miihV foi-jp- he.sidc tip' j . i h> Mossoj.is rich am! sweet 1.1 j Kutice.l the hi-: •>, until it seemed alive, j I I Ami mnrmnrcil liken hive. n : Am! wli.-n th-' winds of autumn with a shout. j , To>s.-.l its tri’.'at arm- ahout. [sheath, j I The .-hitiinu- che-tnut-. lui’stiujr from tin-j I 1 troppe Ito the ei-onn.l hcip-;»?h. j( | \ml movsojueiVaenn iit-'pfits hram-]je> Imre. J Shap.- l as a stal'-fy chair. j j ila\o h\ my In-arthstoiif-foiiml a InUU'-at !a*»t. ; Ami whisper of th>- past. i ; Tip* 1 i.misli kin*; eouhl not in all hi.< prole. J.Vp.-i the ocean ti-lc. : Ji lt, sent.-.! in this chair. \ cm. in rhyme Ifoll lea k 111- li fe of Time. 1 -e ■ a-ain. as on.- in \isl .a s.-.-s, 1 Tie- hlo-om- an-1 the ho, ; An.l hear lie-. hihlivuTv -i -. s-lionlaulc,,!’. ! Ami tin- In-own .-h.-stnnis tail. 1 - the sinithv with it - lire.- a- low. I h.-ar the hj. How- hh.w. Ami the shrill hamm.-i- on tlm anvil heat • The iron whit.- Mitil heat ! Ami thus..learchihhvm have N. ina.i.^-Mrine. ; This .lay a jubilee. I Aml lo my mop l Inin rlir.-. - scoi-.-x ear-a ml I. u j Drought hack nn youth J ! Thclu’art hath its own memory, lik.-l Ip-mind. ! : Ami in it are enshrined j Th-.-]>rei-i.mskeepsakes. int-i wlii.-h is wroiiLjh! I ' Tin- yiver’s loviny tlmiiphl. i , i I Only your love am! your rememhram.- could | ( ijve life to tills .lea l wood. I Amlmakcih,!si.l.iaimlie>. Mnlh.-ss now solon". !. lUossom in son*;. |l i j-\, .1/,„7.