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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Born 27 February 1807 · Died 24 March 1882

From Portland, Maine, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction

Wikipedia

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.

Quotes

  • “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.
  • “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 .
  • “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 .
  • “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 Life
  • “The star of the unconquered will.”
    Voices of the Night

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in order

Books by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the order they were published, from Voices of the Night (1839) to Spanish Student (2015).

  1. 1Voices of the NightVoices of the Night1839
  2. 2The Village BlacksmithThe Village Blacksmith1841
  3. 3The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1846
  4. 4Longfellow's EvangelineLongfellow's Evangeline1847
  5. 5The Song of HiawathaThe Song of Hiawatha1855
    What's in it (4)
  6. 6The Courtship of Miles StandishThe Courtship of Miles Standish1858
  7. 7Tales of a Wayside InnTales of a Wayside Inn1863
  8. 8The New-England TragediesThe New-England Tragedies1868
  9. 9The Hanging of the CraneThe Hanging of the Crane1874
  10. 10The Skeleton in ArmorThe Skeleton in Armor1877
  11. 11Ultima ThuleUltima Thule1880
  12. 12The Children's HourThe Children's Hour1882
  13. 13The Divine Comedy of Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri1883
  14. 14Poems and Other WritingsPoems and Other Writings2000
  15. 15Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow2003
  16. 16Spanish StudentSpanish Student2015
  17. 17A Psalm of LifeA Psalm of Life
  18. 18From Day to Day with LongfellowFrom Day to Day with Longfellow
  19. 19Hiawatha's ChildhoodHiawatha's Childhood
  20. 20Life Of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowLife Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  21. 21Paul Revere's RidePaul Revere's Ride
  22. 22The Children's Own LongfellowThe Children's Own Longfellow
  23. 23The Midnight Ride of Paul RevereThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
  24. 24The Wreck of the HesperusThe Wreck of the Hesperus

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