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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet of Paul Revere's Ride and Hiawatha

1807–1882 Historical
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About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, and taught modern languages at Bowdoin College and Harvard. He became the most widely read American poet of his day. His works include Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha and Paul Revere's Ride, which first appeared in 1861. He was also the first American to translate Dante's Divine Comedy in full.
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Paul Revere's Ride

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It is the night of April 18, 1775. A lantern signal hangs in the Old North Church: one if by land, two if by sea. Paul Revere waits across the river, then mounts his hors...

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