The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "all the poet himself came forward and made this little speech My dear young Friends I do not rise to make an address to you but to excuse myself from making one I know the proverb says that he who excuses himself accuses himself and I am willing on this occasion to accuse myself for I feel very much as I suppose some of you do when you are suddenly called upon in your class room and are obliged"