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February 1877 Issue
February 1877 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • The Political Condition of South Carolina
    A South Carolinian
  • A Dutch Picture
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Christmas Eve in a Sicilian Abbey
    Luigi Monti
  • The Witch of Wenham
    John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Studies of Animal Nature
    Bayard Taylor
  • The Old Mirror
    Edgar Fawcett
Poem

Sunset Song

By Celia Thaxter
February 1877 Issue
Saved Stories

Words by CELIA THAXTER.

Music by JULIUS EICHBERG.