Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, whom Griswold describes as the greatest American poet, was born at Portland, Maine, February 27, 1807, and he died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 24, 1882. His father was of Puritan stock, and a lawyer by profession. He possessed the necessary wealth to give his children school opportunities. At the age of fourteen young Longfellow was sent to Bowdoin College, where he graduated at eighteen. He was a close student, as shown by the testimony of his classmate.. Continue..

Some of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems

The Village Blacksmith

The Rainy Day

Footsteps of Angels

A Psalm of Life

The Day is Done

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	A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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