The Cross of Snow
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of The Cross of Snow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 1, 2023.
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Longfellow wrote this poem in 1879, 18 years after the death of his wife, Frances Appleton, in 1861. He never fully recovered from her death.
- Summary by David Lawrence
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English