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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song Of Hiawatha IV: Hiawatha And Mudjekeewis

The Song Of Hiawatha IV: Hiawatha And Mudjekeewis

Out of childhood into manhood
Now had grown my Hiawatha,
Skilled in all the craft of hunters, <…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song Of Hiawatha I: The Peace-Pipe

The Song Of Hiawatha I: The Peace-Pipe

On the Mountains of the Prairie,
On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry,
Gitche Manito, the mighty,
He…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Slave In The Dismal Swamp

The Slave In The Dismal Swamp

In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp
The hunted Negro lay;
He saw the fire of the midnight camp,
And heard at t…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Slave's Dream

The Slave's Dream

Beside the ungathered rice he lay,
His sickle in his hand;
His breast was bare, his matted hair
Was buried in the sand.…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Siege Of Kazan. (Tartar Song, From The Prose Version Of Chodzko)

The Siege Of Kazan. (Tartar Song, From The Prose Version Of Chodzko)

Black are the moors before Kazan,
And their stagnant waters smell of blood:

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Seaside And The Fireside : Dedication

The Seaside And The Fireside : Dedication

As one who, walking in the twilight gloom,
Hears round about him voices as it darkens,
And seeing not t…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Sea Diver

The Sea Diver

My way is on the bright blue sea,
My sleep upon its rocking tide;
And many an eye has followed me
Where billows clasp the w…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face

The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face

In that desolate land and lone,
Where the Big Horn and Yellowstone
Roar down their mountain path,
By thei…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Reaper And The Flowers

The Reaper And The Flowers

There is a Reaper whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky;
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Psalm Of Life

The Psalm Of Life

What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!--
For…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Poets

The Poets

O ye dead Poets, who are living still
Immortal in your verse, though life be fled,
And ye, O living Poets, who are dead
Though …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Old Clock on the Stairs

The Old Clock on the Stairs

Somewhat back from the village street
Stands the old-fashioned country-seat.
Across its antique portico
Tall …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Phantom Ship. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)

The Phantom Ship. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)

In Mather's Magnalia Christi,
Of the old colonial time,
May be found in prose the legend <…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Norman Baron

The Norman Baron

et plus profonde, ou l'interet et l'avarice parlent moins haut
que la raison, dans les instants de chagrin domestique, de
maladi…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Old Bridge At Florence

The Old Bridge At Florence

Taddeo Gaddi built me. I am old,
Five centuries old. I plant my foot of stone
Upon the Arno, as St. Michael's own

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Native Land. (From The Spanish Of Francisco De Aldana)

The Native Land. (From The Spanish Of Francisco De Aldana)

Clear fount of light! my native land on high,
Bright with a glory that shall never fade!

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Masque Of Pandora

The Masque Of Pandora

THE WORKSHOP OF HEPHAESTUS

HEPHAESTUS (standing before the statue of Pandora.)
Not fashioned out of gold, like Hera…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Leap Of Roushan Beg. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

The Leap Of Roushan Beg. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

Mounted on Kyrat strong and fleet,
His chestnut steed with four white feet,
Roushan…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Luck of Edenhall. From The German Of Uhland

The Luck of Edenhall. From The German Of Uhland

Of Edenhall, the youthful Lord
Bids sound the festal trumpet's call.
He rises at the banquet boar…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Jewish Cemetery at Newport

The Jewish Cemetery at Newport

How strange it seems! These Hebrews in their graves,
Close by the street of this fair seaport town,
Silent beside …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Image Of God (From The Spanish Of Francisco De Aldana)

The Image Of God (From The Spanish Of Francisco De Aldana)

O Lord! who seest, from yon starry height
Centred in one the future and the past
Fashi…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Herons Of Elmwood. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

The Herons Of Elmwood. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

Warm and still is the summer night,
As here by the river's brink I wander;
White over…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Haunted Chamber. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Third)

The Haunted Chamber. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Third)

Each heart has its haunted chamber,
Where the silent moonlight falls!
On the floor are …

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