
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Naissance 27 February 1807 · Décès 24 March 1882
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow était un poète et éducateur américain. Parmi ses œuvres originales figurent les poèmes « La Chevauchée de Paul Revere », « Le Chant de Hiawatha » et « Évangéline ». Il fut le premier Américain à traduire intégralement La Divine Comédie de Dante Alighieri, et il faisait partie des poètes du coin du feu de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Citations
“The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night.”
The Ladder of St. Augustine, st. 10.En anglais “Ye are better than all the ballads / That ever were sung or said; / For ye are living poems, / And all the rest are dead.”
Children, st. 9 1858 .En anglais “O Bells of San Blas in vain / Ye call back the Past again; / The Past is deaf to your prayer! / Out of the shadows of night / The world rolls into light; / It is daybreak everywhere.”
The Bells of San Blas, st. 11 March 15, 1882 .En anglais “Art is long, and Time is fleeting, / And our hearts, though stout and brave, / Still, like muffled drums, are beating / Funeral marches to the grave.”
A Psalm of LifeEn anglais “The star of the unconquered will.”
Voices of the NightEn anglais
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Les livres de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dans l'ordre
Les livres de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dans l'ordre de parution, de Voices of the Night (1839) à Spanish Student (2015).
- 1Voices of the Night
Voices of the Night1839 - 2The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith1841 - 3The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1846 - 4Évangéline de Longfellow
Évangéline de Longfellow1847 - 5Le chant de Hiawatha
Le chant de Hiawatha1855 - 6The Courtship of Miles Standish
The Courtship of Miles Standish1858 - 7Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn1863 - 8The New-England Tragedies
The New-England Tragedies1868 - 9The Hanging of the Crane
The Hanging of the Crane1874 - 10The Skeleton in Armor
The Skeleton in Armor1877 - 11Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule1880 - 12The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour1882 - 13The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri1883 - 14Life Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1886 - 15The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus1887 - 16A Psalm of Life
A Psalm of Life1892 - 17Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere's Ride1905 - 18The Children's Own Longfellow
The Children's Own Longfellow1908 - 19From Day to Day with Longfellow
From Day to Day with Longfellow1910 - 20Hiawatha's Childhood
Hiawatha's Childhood1987 - 21The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere1999 - 22Poems and Other Writings
Poems and Other Writings2000 - 23Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow2003 - 24Spanish StudentSpanish Student2015