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This book is a tribute to Henry Longfellow, after the death of his wife in 1861. It is a collection of poems, which are considered one of the cornerstone works of Victorian English poetry. They express Longfellow's profound sense of loss and pain in the face of the death of his beloved wife. The poems also reflect Longfellow's deep faith in God and his belief in the eternal nature of the human soul.