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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882 / Portland, Maine)
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Henry Wadsworth was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets.
Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, then part of Massachusetts, and studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, at Harvard College. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854 to focus on his writing, living the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a former ... more »
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''We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.''
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. Kavanagh, bk. 1, ch. 1 (1849).
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''Art is the child of Nature; yes,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), U.S. poet. "Keramos."
Her darling child, in whom we trace
The features of the mother's face,
Her aspect and her attitude.''
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Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights,—
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''Half of my life is gone, and I have let
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The years slip from me and have not fulfilled
The aspiration of my youth, to build
Some tower of song with lofty parapet.''
Force rules the world still,
Has ruled it, shall rule it;
Meekness is weakness,
Strength is triumphant,
Over the whole earth
Still is it Thor's-Day!
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No its Friday!
OMG! His poems r awesome, but i heard this poem called Sam Jones, Conqueror of the World! It's awesome. Read it and vote it a 10! ! !
I like W.Longfellow's poems, some of them are really good.
I wonder if the song that neil diamond wrote has any connection between his last name