Paul Hamilton Hayne, [ Copse Hill], to unknown, 1882

Extent:

2 p.

Scope and content:

[Includes printed copy of " The Decline of Faith"; talks about a volume of [his] poems to be published; says the volume is the handsomest and best illustrated book of the genre ever to have been issued in this country; says he is certain that the correspondent will share his joy; comments on [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow's death; says he has composed sonnets on the occasion at the request of Baldwin of New York; says the sonnets fell short of his own expectations because of his ill health.]

Names:

Paul Hamilton Hayne
[Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow

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