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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Born
in Portland, district of Maine, Massachusetts, The United States
February 27, 1807

Died
March 24, 1882

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Extremely popular works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, in the United States in his lifetime, include The Song of Hiawatha in 1855 and a translation from 1865 to 1867 of Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow educated. His originally wrote the "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline." From New England, he first completed work of the fireside.

Bowdoin College graduated Longefellow, who served as a professor, afterward studied in Europe, and later moved at Harvard. After a miscarriage, Mary Potter Longfellow, his first wife, died in 1835. He first collected Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841).

From teaching, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow retired in 1854 to focus on his wri
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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

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Favorite Poems

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Tales of a Wayside Inn

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Selected Poems

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The Complete Works of Henry...

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“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Who is your favorite poet?

 
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  53 votes, 8.2%

Sylvia Plath
 
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  27 votes, 4.2%

 
  25 votes, 3.9%

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  17 votes, 2.6%

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  16 votes, 2.5%

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  11 votes, 1.7%

 
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I'm not a fan of poetry
 
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I don't have one
 
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Andrew Hozier-Byrne (write-in)
 
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Dante Alighieri (write-in)
 
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  4 votes, 0.6%

Jim Morrison (write-in)
 
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Georg Trakl (write-in)
 
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Victor Hugo (write-in)
 
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Alfred Noyes
 
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Frank O'Hara (write-in)
 
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 
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Robert Service (write-in)
 
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