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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Seaside : The Lighthouse

By The Seaside : The Lighthouse

The rocky ledge runs far into the sea,
And on its outer point, some miles away,
The Lighthouse lifts its massive …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Seaside : The Evening Star

By The Seaside : The Evening Star

Lo! in the paintedoriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement,…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Fireside : The Open Window

By The Fireside : The Open Window

The old house by the lindens
Stood silent in the shade,
And on the gravelled pathway
The light and shad…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Seaside : Sir Humphrey Gilbert

By The Seaside : Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Southward with fleet of ice
Sailed the corsair Death;
Wild and gast blew the blast,
And the east-wi…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Fireside : Tegner's Death (Tegner's Drapa)

By The Fireside : Tegner's Death (Tegner's Drapa)

I heard a voice, that cried,
'Balder the Beautiful
Is dead, is dead!'
And through the m…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Fireside : Resignation

By The Fireside : Resignation

There is no flock, however watched and tended,
But one dead lamb is there!
There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By The Fireside : Gaspar Becerra

By The Fireside : Gaspar Becerra

By his evening fire the artist
Pondered o'er his secret shame;
Baffled, weary, and disheartened,
Still h…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Boston

Boston


St. Botolph's Town! Hither across the plains
And fens of Lincolnshire, in garb austere,
There came a Saxon monk, and founded here …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Blessing The Cornfields

Blessing The Cornfields

Sing, O Song of Hiawatha,
Of the happy days that followed,
In the land of the Ojibways,
In the pleasant land and …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Birds Of Passage

Birds Of Passage

Black shadows fall

From the lindens tall,

That lift aloft their massive wall
Against the southern sky; <…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Beowulf's Expedition To Heort

Beowulf's Expedition To Heort

Thus then, much care-worn,
The son of Healfden
Sorrowed evermore,
Nor might the prudent hero
His wo…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Belfry of Bruges, The

Belfry of Bruges, The

In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfry old and brown;
Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Beatrice. (From Dante. Purgatorio, XXX., XXXI.)

Beatrice. (From Dante. Purgatorio, XXX., XXXI.)

Even as the Blessed, at the final summons,
Shall rise up quickened, each one from his grave,
Wear…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Autumnal Nightfall

Autumnal Nightfall

Round Autumn's mouldering urn
Loud mourns the chill and cheerless gale,
When nightfall shades the quiet vale
And stars…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Autumn

Autumn


Thou comest, Autumn, heralded by the rain,
With banners, by great gales incessant fanned,
Brighter than brightest silks of Samarca…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Arrow and the Song, The

Arrow and the Song, The

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not fo…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

An April Day

An April Day

When the warm sun, that brings
Seed-time and harvest, has returned again,
'T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Allah. (From The German Of Mahlmann)

Allah. (From The German Of Mahlmann)

Allah gives light in darkness,
Allah gives rest in pain,
Cheeks that are white with weeping
Allah pa…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Afternoon in February

Afternoon in February

The day is ending,
The night is descending;
The marsh is frozen,
The river dead.


Through cl…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Wraith In The Mist. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

A Wraith In The Mist. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

On the green little isle of Inchkenneth,
Who is it that walks by the shore,
So gay wit…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Psalm of Life

A Psalm of Life

Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Song Of Savoy

A Song Of Savoy

As the dim twilight shrouds
The mountain's purple crest,
And Summer's white and folded clouds
Are glowing in the west,

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Gleam of Sunshine

A Gleam of Sunshine

This is the place. Stand still, my steed,
Let me review the scene,

And summon from the shadowy Past
The forms…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Day Of Sunshine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second)

A Day Of Sunshine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second)

O gift of God! O perfect day:
Whereon shall no man work, but play;
Whereon it is enough …

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