Mar 13, 2008 - Sale 2139

Sale 2139 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 582
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. Autograph Quotation Signed, and dated, four lines from his poem "The Day is Done": "The night shall be filled with music / And the cares, that infest the day, / Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, / And as silently steal away." Approximately 4 1/2x7 1/2 inches; mounted along top edge verso to an engraved portrait of Longfellow, separations at folds with one small area of loss (not affecting text), toned overall, discoloration from prior matting. Np, 1863