february march american poet educator works include paul ride song american translate poets born portland maine massachusetts studied spending time europe professor later major poetry collections voices night ballads poems retired teaching focus writing living remainder life cambridge massachusetts revolutionary war headquarters george_washington wife died second wife died sustaining burns dress caught fire death difficulty writing poetry time focused translating works foreign languages died wrote lyric poems known presenting stories mythology legend popular american poet day success overseas criticized imitating european styles writing specifically masses life work early life education born february portland maine district massachusetts grew known house father lawyer maternal grandfather general american revolutionary war member congress named mother brother navy lieutenant died years earlier battle tripoli second children siblings stephen elizabeth anne alexander mary ellen samuel entirely english ancestry new_england early attended dame school age age enrolled private years earned reputation fluent latin mother encouraged enthusiasm reading learning introducing published poem patriotic historical stanza poem called battle pond november stayed age fourteen spent summers child grandfather farm western maine town fall year old enrolled maine brother stephen grandfather founder college father trustee met later lifelong friend boarded clergyman time floor maine hall joined group students senior year wrote father aspirations disguise fact future literature soul burns thought centres confident believing rise world exercise talents wide field literature pursued literary goals submitting poetry prose newspapers magazines partly encouragement professor january graduation published nearly minor poems appeared short lived boston periodical united_states literary gazette graduated ranked fourth class elected beta gave student commencement address european tours graduating offered job professor modern languages alma mater story possibly influential trustee impressed translation hired condition travel europe study french spanish italian motivation began tour europe aboard ship time abroad years cost father traveled france spain italy germany france england returning united_states mid august overseas learned french spanish portuguese german formal instruction madrid spent time particularly impressed author work ethic encouraged young pursue writing spain learn favorite sister elizabeth died tuberculosis age abroad august wrote president turning considered salary duties required trustees raised salary additional serve college librarian post required hour work day years teaching college translated textbooks french italian spanish published book translation poetry medieval spanish poet published travel book pilgrimage sea published serial form book edition released shortly book publication attempted join literary circle new_york asked editorial role morris publications considered moving new_york considered offering newly created modern languages salary created agreed continue teaching work wrote hate sight pen ink paper believe born lot aimed higher september married childhood friend portland couple settled happy published fiction prose pieces inspired including indian summer bald eagle december received letter president offering stipulation spend year abroad studied german dutch danish swedish finnish october trip wife mary months pregnancy recover died weeks illness age november body immediately placed lead coffin inside oak coffin shipped near boston deeply death writing thought occupies night day dead dead day weary sad years later inspired write poem footsteps angels years later wrote poem expressed personal struggles middle years returned united_states took harvard required live cambridge close campus rented rooms spring preserved washington home built headquarters george_washington beginning july widow owned home rented rooms second floor previous included began publishing poetry including collection voices night bulk voices night debut book poetry translations included original poems seven poems written teenager ballads poems published shortly included village wreck instantly popular local social scene creating group friends called clubs members included closest friend years professor liked disliked constantly boys stretching men minds met boston industrialist family including son town switzerland began daughter independent minded interested marriage determined july wrote friend hangs doubtful lady says shall pride madness passion friend encouraged pursuit delight keeping stout heart resolve conquer half battle love war courtship frequently walked cambridge home boston crossing boston bridge bridge replaced new bridge later renamed late published book prose inspired trips abroad unsuccessful courtship amidst fell periods depression moments panic took month leave absence harvard attend health spa germany returning published play reflecting memories time spain 1820s confusion original manuscript printed editor saved manuscript trash surprised hear saved unusual printing office asked borrow revise return wrote angry letter response small collection poems slavery published public support wrote poems mild read losing appetite breakfast critic agreed calling thin books spirited polished like topic warrant deeper tone satisfied collection reprint distribution seven years received letter agreeing marry restless carriage walked minutes meet house soon married bought wedding present pair lived rest life love evident following lines love poem evening star wrote october beloved sweet morning evening star love attended ball noted lights music flowers fewer women fair children second youngest daughter married son popular writer author years mast younger born april administered united_states months later november poem published time literary income increasing considerably work year brought june held farewell dinner party cambridge home friend preparing overseas retired harvard entirely writing awarded honorary doctorate laws harvard july hot day putting locks children hair envelope attempting seal hot sealing wax took dress suddenly caught fire unclear exactly burning wax fell dress awakened rushed help threw small flames body best badly burned half century later youngest daughter annie explained story differently claiming wax fire started self lighting match fallen floor versions story taken room recover doctor called consciousness night administered morning july died shortly clock requesting cup coffee trying save burned badly unable attend funeral facial injuries led stop wearing beard trademark devastated death fully recovered occasionally resorted deal worried insane sent asylum noted bleeding death expressed grief cross snow wrote eighteen years later commemorate death cross wear breast eighteen years changing scenes seasons day died later life death spent years translating aid translation reviewing invited friends weekly meetings wednesday starting club called regularly included occasional guests volume translation published spring continue revise went year annual income helped sell poem hanging crane highest price paid poem 1860s supported especially hoped reconciliation northern southern states american_civil_war son injured war wrote poem christmas bells later basis carol wrote journal desire harmony frank honest understanding north south despite public speaking accepted offer speak reunion read poem quietly hear year declined offer nominated harvard reasons conclusive mind august female admirer traveled house cambridge unaware speaking asked house born told visitor asked died replied march went bed severe stomach pain endured pain days help died surrounded family friday march suffering time death estate worth estimated buried wives mount auburn cemetery cambridge massachusetts years spent translating poetry considered complete published lifetime posthumous edition collected scholars generally regard work autobiographical reflecting translator aging artist facing impending death writing style work categorized lyric poetry experimented forms including free verse published poetry shows great versatility forms blank verse heroic ballads typically carefully consider subject poetic ideas long time deciding right form work recognized melody like says writer asks reader like listen private man add autobiographical elements poetry notable exceptions dedicated death members family resignation written response death daughter use person instead poem mourning death second wife biographer wrote deeply affected personally touch poetry directly memorial poem called cross snow published lifetime poetry focused later years poetry cultural moral values particularly focused promoting life material pursuits work nature example death depicted child metaphors poetry subject matter came legends mythology literature inspired example norse mythology skeleton armor finnish legends song fact rarely wrote current subjects detached contemporary american concerns like period called development high quality american literature character says want national literature mountains rivers want national epic shall correspond size country want national drama scope shall given gigantic ideas activity people word want national literature altogether shall shake earth like herd important translator translation required possession wanted high culture encouraged supported published page compilation translations writers including friend colleague intended anthology bring compact convenient form large possible english translations scattered volumes accessible general reader honor role translations harvard established dedicated literature written united_states languages english oversaw volume anthology called collected poems representing geographical locations including european asian arabian countries disappointed reportedly told world expecting better things time bestowed original production preparing volume hired critical response early collections voices night ballads poems instantly popular called time successfully aimed putting poetry best uses southern literary messenger immediately american poets poet said poetry illustrated careful art graceful ease simplicity nature friend holmes wrote chief singer wins cheers stays tears american readers embraced publishing history united_states earning poem popularity spread europe poetry translated lifetime italian french german languages scholar bliss perry later wrote highly praised criticizing criminal act like carrying rifle national park decades life received requests strangers sent suggested massive correspondence led death writing friend driven death demands contemporary writer wrote admiration genius inspired later called best poet america reputation critic increased publicly accused termed biographers war assessment determined ideas people specifically alfred lord accusations publicity stunt boost readership editor time respond publicly death wrote criticisms attributed sensitive nature indefinite sense wrong judged artificial lacking force poet considered european forms praised ability reach popular audience common themes little songs masses added traveled new paths course broke new paths said completely removed history literature effect end life contemporaries considered children poet readers children contemporary reviewer noted creating shoes kind literature sentimental stories told style nursery beginning ending modern critic said reads london critic condemned american poetry saying exceptions poet mark union singled exceptions editor wrote miserable criticism write thing certain american poet read legacy popular poet day friend wrote poet fully recognized lifetime works helped shape american character legacy particularly poem paul ride admired figure united_states life birthday took air national holiday speeches reading poetry years personality reputation presented gentle poetic soul image brother wrote early biography specifically emphasized points said absolute sweetness simplicity funeral friend called sweet beautiful soul reality life difficult assumed suffered caused constant pain poor wrote friend believe perfectly brain heart difficulty death second wife quiet reserved private later years known avoided leaving home american celebrities popular europe reported copies sold london single day children spreading chestnut tree mentioned poem village cut children cambridge tree converted presented poet non british writer commemorative sculpted bust placed poet corner london remains american poet represented bust seated statue sculpted unveiled washington recently honored march issued stamp commemorating number schools named states hit song reference poet protagonist murder mystery popularity rapidly declined beginning shortly death twentieth century academics began appreciate poets like twentieth century literary scholar noted increasingly rare scholar braves ridicule justify art popular 20th century poet concluded minor derivative way career hack english list works pilgrimage sea romance spanish student play acts tale epic poem golden legend poem song epic poem divine tragedy mystery aftermath poem arrow song poem poetry collections voices night ballads poems poems slavery poems seaside henry london illustrations poems tales inn included household poems books song poems poems harbor fragment incomplete published posthumously translation spanish translation poets poetry europe translations poems places
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