The lines remained with me, or many of them, from that hour,-- Had it lived long, it would have been Lilies without, roses within.
"I felt as many have felt after being with his brother, Ralph Waldo, that I had entertained an angel visitant.

The fawn of Marvell's imagination survives in my memory as the fitting image to recall this beautiful youth; a soul glowing like the rose of morning with enthusiasm, a character white as the lilies in its purity." The late Samuel May, who was in the class after Emerson's at Harvard, told me that the impression his character and person made upon the students of his time was so great that when he passed through the college yard, everybody turned to look after him, as in later days men looked after Webster when he passed down State Street.
The Rev.Joseph H.Cross, now (1903) still living, the oldest graduate of Harvard, was his classmate.

I received this letter from him a few years ago: 66 BRADFORD ST., LAWRENCE, January 8, 1897.
HON.

G.F.HOAR, _Dear Sir:_ Yours of 5th inst.

is before me; and I am glad to remember my classmate Emerson and answer your inquiries.