Show il 11 i. i I Poet Pot OCt I ci When Cardinal Wiseman declared There Thore Is ls no ni-i greater lack in English than tItan that of or a n poet of the people of or one who shall be le to the working clauses classes of or England what Goethe Is to the peasants of ur Germany Ger Ocr many an and added that that Longfellow approached ap tip- n nearer than any other to Lo this standard 1 he voiced c a n real truth Time Ime lias ilas la prove proved that Longfellow Is essentially essen essen- the poet lct of the fireside No small smal event or humble detail elal of or home life was too trivial to suggest his lila beautiful beut- beut ful thoughts thought In his poetry he lie has ha immortalized the home anti and family He was more than a Q poet lct he was a a. n sympathetic sm- sm sym pathetic minded broad man mun and anel it was the time man behind the time poet that thal gave Jave the tilL human el element clement lent to tn his VI verse A love lovo of or home was his birthright ane and was wa fostered by Jy his training A glance at some annie of the time New England mimes which are e fragrant with his memory ma may partly party explain time the genius of or tho time house poet Fromn From homes of oC Longfellow in National Magazine for tom tomMa Ma March ic ii |