Favorite PoemsCourier Corporation, 08.10.2012 - 96 Seiten Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was the most popular American poet of his time, and one of the most famous American poets of all time. It has been said that certain of his poems — the long narratives Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha most notably — were once read in every literate home in America. A former teacher who fulfilled his dream to make a living as a poet, Longfellow taught at Bowdoin and Harvard, was eventually honored for his poetry with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge, and is one of the few Americans to have a monument dedicated to his memory in Westminster Abbey. This choice collection of his works, which reflects his mastery of a rich variety of poetic forms and meters, includes one of his best narrative poems, The Courtship of Miles Standish. Here, too, are such famous poems as "The Village Blacksmith," "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Children's Hour," "Paul Revere's Ride," and other poems on subjects ranging from lost youth and Giotto's Tower to slavery and the building of a ship. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Paul Revere's Ride." |
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From The Seaside and the Fireside 1849 | 16 |
From The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other | 27 |
From FlowerdeLuce 1866 | 78 |
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answered John Alden arms beautiful beheld Beware boy's brave Wattawamat breath Cæsar Captain of Plymouth Children's Hour dark dead door dreams dreary Elizabeth Elizabeth Haddon errand eyes feet Flanders flowers fooling thee forest friendship gleam graves hand Hannah the house Hannah the housemaid hath hear heard heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Indian John Estaugh John the Apostle Joseph Julius Cæsar land laugh light listen long thoughts look Lord loud mast Master Master Shakes matchlock Mayflower meadows Meanwhile Medford town Miles Standish mist night o'er ocean Old North Church Paul Revere Paul Revere's Ride paused peace on earth Priscilla Puritan maiden ride rock rose sail sands secret shadows ship shore silent smile snow song sound spake speak stood strong sudden sweet Thereupon answered John thou thoughts of youth tide vessel village voice wall wave wind wind's words youth are long