American author and editor (1837-1920), nicknamed 'The Dean of American Letters,' best known as the editor of the influential periodical Atlantic Monthly Autograph poem, signed "W. D. Howells," one thin onionskin page, 8.25 x 6.25, dated at Ohio, 1860. Handwritten poem entitled "A Poet," in full: "From wells where Truth in secret lay / He saw the midnight stars by day. / 'Oh marvellous gift!' the many cried, / 'Oh cruel gift!' his voice replied: / The stars were far, and cold, and high, / That glimmered in the noonday sky; / He yearned toward the sun in vain, / That warmed the lives of other men." In very good condition, with scattered creases and wrinkling, and some losses to edges.
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