Autograph Letter, signed (“Henry W. Longfellow”), containing a stanza from his “Haunted Houses”.
Cambridge: August 10, 1877.
Price: $750.00
About the item
1 p. pen and ink on paper. 8vo. Lightly creased, faint soiling. Very good in custom brown morocco-backed folding box.
Item #248311
“Dear Sir, The lines you quote in German are from a poem entitled ‘Haunted Houses.’ In the original they are as follows: Our little lives are held in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires; The struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires”.
