Paul Hamilton Hayne , Copse Hill, Georgia , to "My Dear Friend"

Extent:

6 p.

Scope and content:

[Asks him to publish [" The Bazar"]; feels that this poem will be his last contribution because of his failing health; asks him to advise [Henry Mills] Aldento publish two other poems in Harper's Weeklyrather than " East Wind"; consoles the him on the death of his father; discusses death; criticizes a number of contemporary writers for their detached view on "the possible annihilation of their species"; feels these writers reduce saints and martyrs to "superstitious ideals"; quotes Swinburne.]

Names:

Paul Hamilton Hayne
[Henry Mills] Alden

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