LONGFELLOW HENRY WADSWORTH Autograph Letter Signed Henry W L

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LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Autograph Letter Signed, "Henry W. Longfellow," to writer Ida Scott Taylor [McKinney], thanking her for her poem and offering some criticism. 2 pages, small 8vo, with integral blank, written on a single folded sheet; folds. With the original envelope, addressed in his hand. Cambridge, 16 January 1880

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". . . The only criticism I have to make upon it is the one imperfect rhyme in the introductory stanza. 'Nine' and 'rhyme' do not harmonize. As the French say, they would 'Swear at each other.' . . ."