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Charles Sumner to Fanny Appleton, 9 January 1841
Manuscript letter
______ Seggendo in piuma
in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre,
sanza la qual chi sua vita consuma
cotal vestigo in terra di sé lascia
qual fummo in aere ed in acqua la schiuma.
E però leva sù; vinci l’ambascia
con l’animo che vince ogne battaglia
Inferno 25th Canto
These are the lines, dear Miss Appleton, which I endeavored to remember in the crowed corner of a supper room, where [smudged – ices,] oysters & salads were more at home than Dante. If they [p. 2] strike you with half the effect they did me, when I first read them, I shall not regret troubling you with this note. They have been placed, as an inscription, on the front of a building devoted to education in Italy -- I think in Parma.
Believe me faithfully Yours,
Charles Sumner
Jan 9th 1841
in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre,
sanza la qual chi sua vita consuma
cotal vestigo in terra di sé lascia
qual fummo in aere ed in acqua la schiuma.
E però leva sù; vinci l’ambascia
con l’animo che vince ogne battaglia
Inferno 25th Canto
These are the lines, dear Miss Appleton, which I endeavored to remember in the crowed corner of a supper room, where [smudged – ices,] oysters & salads were more at home than Dante. If they [p. 2] strike you with half the effect they did me, when I first read them, I shall not regret troubling you with this note. They have been placed, as an inscription, on the front of a building devoted to education in Italy -- I think in Parma.
Believe me faithfully Yours,
Charles Sumner
Jan 9th 1841
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1972 (bulk dated: 1850-1950)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#HWLD
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2022/12/20
01/09/1841
Manuscript letter in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-159#003)
Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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