Heart of a Friend - Henry W. Longfellow

SKU LL01NInscribed: “And the song from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend” with Henry W. Longfellow's signature. These are the two concluding lines from Longfellow's poem The Arrow and the Song, a three-stanza poem composed of four lines or quatrains in each stanza. Longfellow was one of the most widely known and best-loved American poets of the 19th C. His extensive works include Paul Revere's Ride, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. He had a remarkably productive and influential literary career teaching at Bowdoin College and then at Harvard University while continuing to publish throughout his life. The complete poem: I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. Sterling Silver Double Mobius 1" Diameter Chain length 18" Made in the USA