Though Henry Wadsworth Longfellow never spent a night at the Wayside Inn, the 19th century bard's verse will resound through the Martha-Mary Chapel Sunday afternoon in dramatic readings of two of his ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Author, Glenna Lang, Illustrator David R. Godine Publisher $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87923-971-8 One of Longfellow's best known poems, a loving tribute to his three young ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is the perfect poet for our current moment. A master at what’s now called social networking, he commanded, at the height of his fame, a virtual empire of readers at home and ...

One way to gain insight into someone’s psyche is to read what they wrote when they were 13. For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that’s his very first published poem, “The Battle of Lovell’s Pond,” which ...

Pondering that new Revolution, Longfellow got to thinking about the old one. In April 1860, he began writing "Paul Revere's Ride." While he worked on the poem, he worried about the fate of the nation.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW published his best-known poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” 150 years ago tomorrow the same day that South Carolina seceded from the United States. “Listen, my children, and you ...

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In the 19th century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) stood astride the literary world like a giant. His work included some 420 published poems of every category and genre, among them such ...

Paul Revere’s midnight ride warned of approaching British troops in April 1775. Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is crucial to ...

Even in his later years, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did not mind birthdays. He inspired others to celebrate right along with him. His 70th, for example, took on the air of a national holiday, with ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United ...