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In the poem “Excelsior” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, our hero takes up and continues the journey with great determination no matter the cost. Here is an excerpt from the poem: In happy homes he saw the light
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Excelsior! "Try not the Pass!" the old man said:"
Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!
And loud that clarion voice…
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On February 27, 1807, H.W.LONGFELLOW was born at Portland, Maine. After completing his schooling at Portland Academy, Long Fellow entered Bowdoin College and ranked high in scholarship. In 1868 Longfellow visited England and became the guest of Charles Dickens, and together they visited Landor at Bath. Longfellow was a hard worker; he filled his post of professor at Harvard with honour until, finding his duties becoming irksome and wishing to devote his whole time to poetry, he resigned in…
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“Hads’t thou stayed, I must have fled!”That is what the Vision said.In his chamber all alone,Kneeling on the floor of stone,Prayed the Monk in deep contritionFor his sins of indecision,Prayed for greater self-denialIn temptation and in trial;It was noonday by the dial,And the Monk was all alone.Suddenly, as if it lightened,An unwonted splendor brightenedAll within him and without himIn that narrow cell of stone;And he saw the Blessed VisionOf our Lord, with light ElysianLike a vesture…
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Poet. Among his most famous works are Evangeline (1847), The Song of Hiawatha (1855) and The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine. His father, Stephen Longfellow, was a Portland lawyer and Congressman. His mother, Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow,...
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Check out this HuffPo piece about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Christmas Bells", which became the popular carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." A sample: Longfellow crafted this poem some months...
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Free History Studies: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | American poet whose love of children earned him the nickname "The Children's Poet."
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Daniel Huntington (1816-1906), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), 1876. Oil on canvas. Graphic Arts Collection GA 2006.02629. Signed and dated on verso. Possibly in anticipation of Henry Wadsw…
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The over life-size marble bust of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in 1884, on a pillar near to the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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