Selections From Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus"
- Author
- Sean Johnson
- Published
- Fri 24 May 2024
- Episode Link
- https://dailypoempod.substack.com/p/selections-from-longfellows-morituri
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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