Longfellow: Poems

LONGFELLOW'S ENDURING HIAWATHA, PROBABLY AMERICA'S FIRST POPULAR EPIC, IS RECALLED, TOGETHER WITH HIS VILLAGE BLACKSMITH AND THE ARROW AND THE SONG, BY GENERATIONS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN. THIS COLLECTED EDITION OF HIS VERSE REVEALS THE VERY CONSIDERABLE, AND QUITE UN-HACKNEYED, WORK OF A HOMELY AND LOVEABLE HUMAN BEING WHO NEVER ESSAYS THE HEIGHTS OF A MILTON OR A DANTE YET CONSTANTLY DELIGHTS THE READER WITH MANY FELICITIES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A FAMILIAR WORLD.