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Longfellow died in 1882. Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas. He has been criticized for imitating European styles and writing poetry that was too sentimental.
Jun 23, 2024 · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (born February 27, 1807, Portland, Massachusetts [now in Maine], U.S.—died March 24, 1882, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was the most popular American poet in the 19th century, known for such works as The Song of Hiawatha (1855) and “Paul Revere’s Ride” (1863).
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Apr 2, 2014 · With the aid of opium and his friends and family who were with him, he endured the pain for several days before succumbing on March 24, 1882. At the time of his death, he was one of the...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry provides readers with profound insights into the realm of death. Through his elegies and reflective verses, he captures the essence of loss, grief, and the inevitability of our mortality.
- “A Psalm of Life” (1839) What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, __Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers,
- “The Day is Done” (1845) The day is done, and the darkness. __Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward. __From an eagle in his flight.
- “The Children’s Hour” (1863) Between the dark and the daylight, __When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day’s occupations, __That is known as the Children’s Hour.
- “The Reapers and the Flowers” (1839) There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, __And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, __And the flowers that grow between.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most widely known and best-loved American poets of the 19th century. He achieved a level of national and international prominence previously unequaled in the literary history of the United States and is one of the few American writers honored in the Poets’…
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1862 The last and somewhat diminished stage of Longfellow's career began in 1861 with the tragic death of his wife Fanny. In an accident on July 9, 1861 at the Longfellow's Cambridge home, Fanny's gauzy clothing caught fire and she was enveloped in flames.
