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Selections From Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus"

The Daily Poem
The Daily Poem
Episode • May 24, 2024 • 8m

Today’s episode features selections from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s fifty-year retrospective on his own graduation, the lengthy speech-in-verse, “Morituri Salutamus: Poem for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Class of 1825 in Bowdoin College.” Come back tomorrow to hear the poem in full. Happy reading!



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