For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that’s his very first published poem, “The Battle of Lovell’s Pond,” which recognizes fallen soldiers whose “names are engraven on honor’s bright crest.” ...

My grandfather — who used to make me practice sitting still — has always been better at living in the present moment than I ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poems such as “The Song of Hiawatha” and “Paul Revere’s Ride” have inspired many Americans. He is credited with raising the profile of American poetry in ...

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A lot of us learned about the revolutionary sprint through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s iconic poem that begins, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” ...

The answer was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... But Eliot was lionized by many people who didn’t read his poetry, whereas Longfellow’s books were devoured not only by the literati but by ...

The restaurant, inspired by the five-man literary society founded by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, serves a health-conscious menu as well as classic and zero-proof cocktails, beer from Portland ...

Members of this Class of 1825, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow created some of the ... Through the poetic truths they expressed in poetry and prose, Longfellow and Hawthorne ...