By Charles McGrath CROSS OF SNOW A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow By Nicholas ... sentiments in that sentimental poem “The Children’s Hour” weren’t just a put-on.

Five children giggle with delight ... fighting to live—fighting to want to live. For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as one war rages without, another rages within. For the next two years ...

For Paul Revere's Ride: The Landlord's Tale by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Santore assumes the perspective of the narrator's ""friend."" For ""Listen, my children, and you shall hear/ Of ...

(Parts of this column were first published as an editorial in the York Daily Record/Sunday News at Christmas in 2014) American poet Henry Wadsworth ... oldest of six Longfellow children missed ...

The answer was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... and the poet commemorated them in “The Children’s Hour,” thereby introducing “the patter of little feet” into the sentimental lexicon.) ...

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.” ...

Not only did it serve as General George Washington's headquarters during the Siege of Boston (considered the beginning stages of the Revolutionary War), it was also the home of poet Henry ...

Learn more. Each February in Brunswick, Longfellow Days creates events to honor the legacy of Maine poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This year, Longfellow Days joins Bowdoin College in celebrating ...