Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 485
ellow-poet, Bryant) was a di-rect descendant of John Alden and Priscilla,the Puritan maiden, whose wooing he narrated. The Courtship of Miles Standish is only lesspopular than its predecessors, Evangelineand Hiawatha ; all three have been takento heart by the American people; all werecomposed… … Suddenly an awful calamity befel him in thedeath of his wife by accident. One sad day inJuly, 1S61, Mrs. Longfellows light dress caughtfire from a match fallen on the floor. Thepoet rushed to her aid; but despite all his ef-forts, her injuries were fatal. She died the nextmorning. Longfellow…
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