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"Death of Longfellow" first appeared in the 8 April 1882 issue of
The Critic
, a literary magazine founded in 1881 by Jeanette L. Gilder and Joseph B. Gilder. This piece was reprinted in
Essays from "The Critic"
(1882), alongside pieces by figures such as John Burroughs and Edmund C. Stedman. Whitman included "Death of Longfellow" in
Specimen Days
(1882–1883) as well as
Complete Prose Works
(1892).
