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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline: Part The Second. III.

Evangeline: Part The Second. III.

NEAR to the bank of the river, o'ershadowed by oaks, from whose branches
Garlands of Spanish moss and of mystic mistletoe fla…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline: Part The Second. I.

Evangeline: Part The Second. I.

MANY a weary year had passed since the burning of Grand-Pré,
When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed,
Bea…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline: Part The First. IV.

Evangeline: Part The First. IV.

PLEASANTLY rose next morn the sun on the village of Grand-Pré.
Pleasantly gleamed in the soft, sweet air the Basin of Minas,

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline: Part The First. II.

Evangeline: Part The First. II.

NOW had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer,
And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion enters.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twi…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Endymion

Endymion


The rising moon has hid the stars;

Her level rays, like golden bars,
Lie on the landscape green,
With shadows brown between. <…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Elliot's Oak

Elliot's Oak

Thou ancient oak! whose myriad leaves are loud
With sounds of unintelligible speech,
Sounds as of surges on a shingly beach,
Or multit…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Earlier Poems : The Spirit Of Poetry

Earlier Poems : The Spirit Of Poetry

There is a quiet spirit in these woods,
That dwells where'er the gentle south-wind blows;
Where, underneath the whit…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Earlier Poems : Autumn

Earlier Poems : Autumn

With what a glory comes and goes the year!
The buds of spring, those beautiful harbingers
Of sunny skies and cloudless times, enjo…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Earlier Poems : Hymn Of The Moravian Nuns Of Bethlehem

Earlier Poems : Hymn Of The Moravian Nuns Of Bethlehem

At The Consecration Of Pulaski's Banner.

When the dying flame of day
Through the chancel sho…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Discoverer Of The North Cape. A Leaf From King Alfred's Orosius. (Birds Of

Discoverer Of The North Cape. A Leaf From King Alfred's Orosius. (Birds Of
Passage. Flight The First)

Othere, the old sea-captain,
Who dwelt in Helgoland…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Drinking Song

Drinking Song

INSCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIQUE PITCHER,

Come, old friend! sit down and listen!
From the pitcher, placed between us,
How the waters …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Death Of Archbishop Turpin. (From The French)

Death Of Archbishop Turpin. (From The French)

The Archbishop, whom God loved in high degree,
Beheld his wounds all bleeding fresh and free;
And then his …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Delia. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

Delia. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sweet as a…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dante

Dante


Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom,
With thoughtful pace, and sad, majestic eyes,
Stern thoughts and awful from thy soul aris…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Daybreak. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)

Daybreak. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)

A wind came up out of the sea,
And said, 'O mists, make room for me.'


It hailed the ships, and…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Consolation. (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of

Consolation. (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of
His Daughter)

Will then, Duperrier, thy sorrow be eternal?
And shall the sad…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Courtship of Miles Standish, The

Courtship of Miles Standish, The

I
MILES STANDISH

In the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land of the Pilgrims
To and fro in a room of his si…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Christmas Bells

Christmas Bells

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, go…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Childhood. (From The Danish)

Childhood. (From The Danish)

There was a time when I was very small,
When my whole frame was but an ell in height;
Sweetly, as I recall it, tears do fall…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Charles Sumner. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth)

Charles Sumner. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth)

Garlands upon his grave
And flowers upon his hearse,
And to the tender heart and brave
The tr…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Catawba Wine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)

Catawba Wine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)

This song of mine
Is a Song of the Vine,
To be sung by the glowing embers
Of wayside inns,

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Carillon

Carillon


In the ancient town of Bruges,
In the quaint old Flemish city,
As the evening shades descended,
Low and loud and sweetly blended,

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Cantos From Dante's Paradiso

Cantos From Dante's Paradiso

(Canto XXIII.)

Even as a bird, 'mid the beloved leaves,
Quiet upon the nest of her sweet brood
Throughout the ni…

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