The complete online text of The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The insistent moral tone, sentimentality, and serene idealism of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) made him an extremely popular author at home and abroad in the 19th century. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine,...

By far the most widely known and best-loved American poet of his time, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved a level of national and international prominence possibly unequaled in the literary history of the United States. Poems such as "Paul Revere's Ride...

During his lifetime and for some years after his death, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was by far the most popular and widely read American poet in the world. Although his reputation today is greatly diminished, a portion of his work still stands as a perman...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Evangeline: The poem is divided into two major sections, each containing five subdivisions. Preceding the poem is an introduction which paints vivid scenes of desolation, describing the remains of an old Acadian (Nova Scotian) town, once occupied by French settlers living...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Hiawatha: Longfellow was not a poetic innovator, but he did hit upon subjects that had not been used before, and included material in his poems, especially the long ones, which had been considered the exclusive province of history, or at least...