Eminent American writer (1809–1894) best known for his collection The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and the much-anthologized poem “The Chambered Nautilus.” AQS on a white sheet, dated October 28, 1875. The final stanza of his well-known poem The Chambered Nautilus, in full: “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul/ As the swift seasons roll!/ Leave thy low-vaulted past!/ Let each new temple, nobler than the last,/ Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast/ File then at length out free/Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!” Double matted with a photo of the author at his desk and framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 11. In fine condition. R&R COA.
