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Bibliography: "The Golden Legend" by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Title
- "The Golden Legend"
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Date
- Genre
- poetry
- Note Source
- O Pioneers! Part I, Chap. 4; Youth and the Bright Medusa 9
- Note Relating to Cather
In O Pioneers!, Alexandra Bergson "was fond of Longfellow's verse, -- the ballads and the 'Golden Legend' and 'The Spanish Student.'" The "Golden Legend" is a dramatic poem set in the Middle Ages.
In "Coming, Eden Bower!" Don Hedger had learned the poem from his mentor.
