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 ...

In case you need a refresher, here’s Bing Crosby’s rendition: Nearly 10 years before it was a song, the composition was a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem called “Christmas Bells.” ...

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 ...

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 ...