For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... Christmas . . . Christmas. They hear the bells! From his desk, Henry hears them, too. Renewed, he plunges his pen into fresh ink, joyfully drawing it across a ...

Fifty-seven-year-old poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote to ... popularized with music for the past 60 years: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." What was causing the famed poet "trouble ...

The carol is really a version of the poem titled “Christmas Bells” (1863) by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) amended and put to music in 1872. The song version removes ...

On Christmas Day 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sat in his chair at his writing table and began a poem. “I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old, familiar carols play, / and wild and ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882 ... “Of peace on earth, good-will to men,” “Christmas Bells” showcases Longfellow’s dazzling facility with meter. The iambic feet are so precisely placed, line to ...

Coupled with the recent loss of his wife Frances, who died as a result of an accidental fire, Longfellow was inspired to write “Christmas Bells.” He first wrote the poem on Christmas Day in 1863.

Fifty-seven-year-old poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote to ... popularized with music for the past 60 years: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." What was causing the famed poet "trouble ...