henry wadsworth longfellow

     

"Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"

Trivia about henry wadsworth longfellow

  • Irving was visited in Spain by this young fan & future "Song of Hiawatha" poet
  • "Wayside" writer Wadsworth
  • "The trees are white with dust" in this "Hiawatha" author's poem "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"
  • The first brick home in Portland, Maine was built by Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, this author's grandfather
  • Before writing poems like "Hiawatha" he taught modern languages at Bowdoin College
  • With 6 children, this poet was well-equipped to write "The Children's Hour"
  • "Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands" begins his poem "The Village Blacksmith"
  • A brick house in Portland, Maine that dates to 1785 was built by General Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of this famed poet
  • He wrote the poetic line "Then he climbed to the tower of the Old North Church"
  • The meter for his poem "The Song of Hiawatha" was inspired by the great Finnish epic "Kalevala"
  • This 19th century "Children's Hour" poet attended Bowdoin College & returned to teach there
  • Nokomis knows him:HWL
  • As a wedding gift, this poet's father-in-law gave him Craigie House in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • He wrote "I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to Earth, I knew not where"
  • He wrote, "It was the schooner Hesperus that sailed the wintry sea"; hold that line!
  • He published perhaps his most famous volume, "Tales of a Wayside Inn", 2 years after his wife's death
  • After writing about "The Wreck of the Hesperus", he wrote "The Building of the Ship"
  • This 3-named American poet wanted the ship of state to "sail on... strong and great"

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  • There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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  • Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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  • Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; & often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Photo: “Into each life some rain must fall.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow © A n k i t S h a n k a r | 2014...
  • “Into each life some rain must fall.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow © A n k i t S h a n k a r | 2014…