 On May 10 , 1843 , after seven years , Longfellow received a letter from Fanny Appleton agreeing to marry him and , too restless to take a carriage , walked 90 minutes to meet her at her house . They were soon married . Nathan Appleton bought the Craigie House as a wedding present to the pair . Longfellow lived there for the rest of his life . His love for Fanny is evident in the following lines from Longfellow 's only love poem , the sonnet " The Evening Star " , which he wrote in October 1845 : " O my beloved , my sweet Hesperus ! My morning and my evening star of love ! " He once attended a ball without her and noted , " The lights seemed dimmer , the music sadder , the flowers fewer , and the women less fair . " 
