Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
It highlights Longfellow's talent for transforming a simple, everyday moment into something deeply emotional, making it…
Where to start
Three hand-picked entry pointsAbout Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, in 1807, into a family that valued education and civic engagement. He had a natural talent for languages and literature, and by the time he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825, he had already published poems in national magazines.…
Works
A BOOK OF SONNETS.
A Covered Bridge at Lucerne
A DAY OF SUNSHINE
A DUTCH PICTURE
A Farm in the Odenwald
A FARMER.
A FRAGMENT
A GADARENE.
A GENERAL SURVEY.
A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE
A JEW.
A LEAF FROM KING ALFRED'S OROSIUS
A LITTLE BIRD IN THE AIR
A MOTHER.
A NAMELESS GRAVE
A NATIONAL SONG OF DENMARK
A PHARISEE.
A PHOTOGRAPH
A PRIEST.
A PSALM OF LIFE.
A QUIET LIFE.
A SAMARITAN WOMAN.
A SHADOW
A SLEDGE-RIDE ON THE ICE
A SOLDIER.
A Street in Strasburg
A SUMMER DAY BY THE SEA
A TALE OF ACADIE
A TARTAR SONG
A VILLAGE CHURCH
A WOMAN.
A WRAITH IN THE MIST
A. FLANAGAN CO., PUBLISHERS,
ABBOT.
Abraham
ACADIA AND THE ACADIANS.
ACADIAN COAST, districts near the mouth of the Mississippi river where
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
ACT V.
AFTERMATH
AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY
AGLAIA.
AMALFI
AN APRIL DAY
AN ELDER.
AN OLD JEW.
ANAEL.
ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS.
ANDREW.
ANGEL.
ANGELS MINISTRANT.
ANONYMOUS
ANOTHER JUDGE.
ANTIOCHUS.
APRIL
ARCHITRICLINUS.
ARGUMENT.
ART AND TACT
AT BETHANY
AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKI'S BANNER.
AT TOMIS, IN BESSARABIA, NEAR THE MOUTHS OF THE DANUBE.
ATROPOS.
AUGUST
AUTUMN
AUTUMN WITHIN
AVEC UN PANIER DE VINS DIVERS
AZRAEL
BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS.
BARABBAS IN PRISON
BARTIMEUS.
BARTOLOME.
BAYARD TAYLOR
BECALMED
BELISARIUS
BELLINGHAM.
BELSHAZZAR.
BENVENUTO.
BEOWULF'S EXPEDITION TO HEORT.
BEWARE!
BINDO ALTOVITI
BINDO.
BIRDS OF PASSAGE.
BISHOP SIGURD AT SALTEN FIORD
BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS
BLIND BARTIMEUS
BOSTON
BOY.
BOYS.
breach
BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK
BUTTER.
BY AUGUST VON PLATEN
BY CHARLES CORAN
BY CHARLES D'ORLEANS
BY CHRISTOPH AUGUST TIEDGE
BY CLEMENT MAROT
BY CLOTILDE DE SURVILLE
BY CRISTOBAL DE GASTILLOJO
BY DIEGO DE SALDANA
BY EL COMMENDADOR ESCRIVA
BY ERNST STOCKMANN
BY FELIX ARVERS
BY FRANCISCO DE ALDANA
BY FRANCOIS DE MALHERBE
BY FRANCOISE MALHERBE
BY GIL VICENTE
BY GONZALO DE BERCEO
BY GUIDO GUINIZELLI
BY GUSTAV PFIZER
BY HEINRICH HEINE
BY JACQUES JASMIN
BY JEAN FRANCOIS DUCIS
BY JEAN FROISSART
BY JEAN REBOUL, THE BAKER OF NISMES
BY JENS IMMANUEL BAGGESEN
BY JOHAN GAUDENZ VON SALISSEEWIS
BY JOHAN LUDWIG UHLAND
BY JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND
BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
BY JOSEPH MERY
BY JULIUS MOSEN
BY LEFRANC DE POMPIGNAN
BY LOPE DE VEGA
BY SANTA TERESA DE AVILA
BY SIEGFRIED AUGUST MAHLMANN
BY SIMON DACH
BY THE FIRESIDE.
BY THE SEASIDE.
BY VINCENZO DA FILICAJA
BY WILHELM MULLER
BY XAVIER MARMIER
BYSTANDERS.
CAIAPHAS.
Canzone
CAPTAINS.
CARDINAL IPPOLITO.
CARDINAL MARCELLO.
CARDINAL SALVIATI.
CARILLON
CASTLES IN SPAIN
CATAWBA WINE
CAVALIERI.
CHANGED
CHARLEMAGNE
CHARLES SUMNER
CHAUCER
CHIEF PRIESTS.
CHILDREN
CHILION.
CHIMES
CHOIR.
CHORUS OF BIRDS.
CHORUS OF DREAMS FROM THE GATE OF HORN.
CHORUS OF DREAMS FROM THE IVORY GATE.
CHORUS OF DRYADES.
CHORUS OF MONKS.
CHORUS OF OREADES.
CHORUS OF REEDS.
CHORUS OF THE EUMENIDES.
CHRISTIAN LOVE
CHRISTISON.
CHRISTMAS BELLS
CHRISTUS.
CHRYSAOR
CLOTHO.
COLE.
CONSOLATION
COPLAS DE MANRIQUE
COREY.
CREEDS
CRIER OF THE DEAD.
CRIER OP THE DEAD.
CROWNED WITH FLOWERS
CURFEW
customs
DAMSEL.
DANTE
DAYBREAK
DAYLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT
DEACON.
DECEMBER
DECORATION DAY
DEDICATION
DELIA
DEVEREUX FARM, NEAR MARBLEHEAD
DISCIPLES.
DIVINA COMMEDIA
DOCTOR CHERUBINO.
DOCTOR SERAFINO.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
EARLIER POEMS.
ECCE HOMO
EDITH.
EINAR TAMBERSKELVER
ELEGIAC
ELEGIAC VERSE
ELIOT'S OAK
ELIZABETH
ELSIE.
EMMA AND EGINHARD
ENCELADUS
ENDICOTT.
ENDYMION
ENVOY
envy
EPIMETHEU5.
EPIMETHEUS.
essay (_v._)
EUPHROSYNE.
EVENING SONG
EXCELSIOR
FARMER.
FATA MORGANA
FEBRUARY
FINALE
FIRE
FIRST SCHOLAR.
FLIGHT THE SECOND.
FLOWER-DE-LUCE.
FLOWERS.
FOLK-SONGS.
FONTAINE-QUI-BOUT (f[)o]n'-t[=a]n-k[=e]-b[=o][=o]) a creek in
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.
FOR MY BROTHER'S ORDINATION
FORESTER.
FORSAKEN.
FOUR BY THE CLOCK.
FRA SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO
FRA SEBASTIANO.
FRAGMENTS.
FRIAR CLAUS.
FRIAR CUTHBERT.
FRIAR JOHN.
FRIAR PACIFICUS.
FRIAR PAUL.
FRIAR SIEBALD.
Frithiof’s Farewell
FRITHIOF'S HOMESTEAD
FRITHIOF'S TEMPTATION
FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON
FROM THE CHANSON DE ROLAND
FROM THE NOEI BOURGUIGNON DE GUI BAROZAI
FROM THE PARADISE OF LOVE
FUGITIVES.
GABRIEL.
GAMALIEL THE SCRIBE.
GAMALIEL.
GARDNER.
GASPAR BECERRA
GASPAR.
GIORGIO.
GIOROIO.
GIOTTO'S TOWER
GIOVAN ANDREA.
GLOVE OF BLACK IN WHITE HAND BARE
GLOYD.
GOD.
GOD'S-ACRE.
GOLDSMITH.
GOTTLIEB.
GREEKS OF GADARA.
GUDRUN
GUIDE.
HAROUN AL RASCHID
HATHORNE.
HAUNTED HOUSES
HEARD AT NAHANT
HEAVEN.
HELEN OF TYRE
HELEN.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
HERMES.
HEROD.
HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS
HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER
HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE
HIAWATHA'S FASTING
HIAWATHA'S FISHING
HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS
HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION
HIAWATHA'S SAILING
HIAWATHA'S WEDDING-FEAST
HIAWATHA'S WOOING
HOLIDAYS
HUBERT.
HYMN TO THE NIGHT
IL PADRONE.
IL PONTE VECCHIO DI FIRENZE
IN MEMORY OF J.T.F.
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TARRYTOWN
IN THE HARBOR.
INSCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIQUE PITCHER
INSCRIPTION ON THE SHANKLIN FOUNTAIN
INTERLUDE.
IPPOLITO.
IRMINGARD.
IRON-BEARD
IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY
JAILER.
JAMES.
JANUARY
JASON.
JESUS.
JEWS.
JOACHIM.
JOHN ALDEN
JOHN ENDICOTT.
JOHN THE BAPTIST.
JOHN.
JOSEPH.
JUDAS ISCARIOT.
JUDAS MACCABAEUS
JUDAS.
JUGURTHA
JULIA.
JULIUS.
JULY
JUNE
JUSTICE.
KAMBALU
KEATS
keenly
KEMPTHORN.
KERAMOS
KILLED AT THE FORD.
KING HEROD.
KING OLAF AND EARL SIGVALD
KING OLAF'S CHRISTMAS
KING OLAF'S DEATH-DRINK
KING OLAF'S WAR-HORNS
KING ROBERT OF SICILY
KING SVEND OF THE FORKED BEAR
KING TRISANKU
KING WITLAF'S DRINKING-HORN
L' ENVOI
LACHESIS.
LADY WENTWORTH.
LAKE OF COMO
LAW OF LIFE
LOSS AND GAIN
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
LUCIFER.
MAIDEN
MAIDENHOOD
MANAHEM, THE ESSENIAN.
MANAHEM.
MANAHEN.
MANY OP THE CROWD.
MARCH
MARSHAL.
MARTHA.
MARTIN LUTHER.
MARY MAGDALENE.
MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES.
MARY.
MATHER.
MATTHIAS.
MAX.
MAY
MAY 23, 1864
MAY 28, 1857
MELCHIOR.
MELIBOEUS.
MEMORIES
MERCY.
MERRY.
MESSENGER.
MESSER CLAUDIO.
MEZZO CAMMIN
MICHAEL ANGELO
MICHAEL ANGELO'S STUDIO
MICHAEL.
MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR
MILES STANDISH
MILTON
MONEY
MONK.
MONOLOGUE
MOODS
MOONLIGHT
MORAVIAN MISSIONS. The Moravians are a Christian sect noted for their
MOUNT QUARANTANIA
MY BOOKS
MY CATHEDRAL
MY LOST YOUTH
NARDI.
NATHANAEL.
NATURE
NAZARETH
NICANOR.
NICODEMUS.
NIGHT
NORTON.
NOVEMBER
NUREMBERG
O - - O - - O - - O - - O - - O -
OCTOBER
OCTOBER, 1746
OLD AGE
OLD ST. DAVID'S AT RADNOR
OLIVER BASSELIN
OLYMPUS.
ON MRS. KEMBLE'S READINGS FROM SHAKESPEARE
ONAFIEL.
ONE OF THE CROWD.
ONE OF THE JUDGES.
ONE OF THE MEN.
OR THE POET'S AFTERTHOUGHT
OR THE POET'S FORETHOUGHT
OREGON, the Columbia River.
ORIFEL.
OTHERS.
PALAZZO CESARINI
PALINGENESIS
PANDORA.
PARANYMPHUS.
PART ONE.
PART SECOND.
PART THE FIRST
PART THE SECOND
PART THIRD.
PART TWO.
PASSAGES FROM FRITHIOF'S SAGA
patient
PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
PEGASUS IN POUND
PETER.
PHARISEES.
PHILIP.
PICTURE-WRITING
PICTURES
PILATE.
POEM FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLASS OF 1825
POEMS ON SLAVERY.
POSSIBILITIES
POVERTY AND BLINDNESS
PRAECO.
PRELUDE
PRESIDENT GARFIELD
PRIEST.
PRINCE HENRY.
PRISCILLA
PROMETHEUS.
PROPHET.
PUBLISHERS OF MR. LONGFELLOW'S WORKS.
PURGATORIO II. 13-51.
PURGATORIO XXVIII. 1-33.
PURGATORIO XXX. 13-33, 85-99, XXXI. 13-21.
QUEEN SIGRID THE HAUGHTY
QUEEN THYRI AND THE ANGELICA STALKS
RABBI.
RACHEL.
RAHAB.
RAIN IN SUMMER
RAPHAEL.
RAUD THE STRONG
Real misery was wholly unknown, and benevolence anticipated the demands
RESIGNATION
RETRIBUTION
RHYMES
RICHARD HENRY DANA
ROBERT BURNS
SAINT JOHN.
SAMARITAN WOMAN.
SAN SILVESTRO
SAND OF THE DESERT IN AN HOUR-GLASS
SANDALPHON
SANTA FILOMENA
SAVANNAHS, grassy plains.
SCANDERBEG
SCHOLASTIC.
SEAWEED
SEC. I.
SEC. II.
SEC. III.
SEC. IV.
SEC. V.
SECOND SCHOLAR.
SECTION I.
SECTION II.
SECTION III.
SECTION IV.
SECTION V.
See Exodus XXIV, 29-35.
SEPTEMBER
SERENADE.
SERVANT.
SEVEN SONNETS AND A CANZONE
SHAKESPEARE
SILENT LOVE
SIMON MAGUS.
SIMON.
SIN
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
SIRION.
SLEEP
SNOW-FLAKES
SOMETHING LEFT UNDONE
SONG OF THE BELL
SONG.
SONGO RIVER
SONGS
SONNETS
Special characters.
SPELLING AND DEFINING.
SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL
ST. JOHN'S, CAMBRIDGE
STUDY OF THE TEXT.
SUNDOWN
SUNRISE ON THE HILLS
surmises
SUSPIRIA
TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN.
TALITHA CUMI
TERRA DI LAVORO
THALIA.
THANGBRAND THE PRIEST
THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY
THE AIR
THE ANGEL GABRIEL.
THE ANGEL.
THE ANGELS.
THE ARROW AND THE SONG
THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD
THE ARTIST
THE BALLAD OF CARMILHAN
THE BARON OF ST. CASTINE
THE BEARERS.
THE BEGGAR.
THE BELEAGUERED CITY.
THE BELFRY OF BRUGES
THE BELL OF ATRI
THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS
THE BELLS.
THE BEST MEDICINES
THE BIRDS OF KILLINGWORTH
THE BLIND MONK.
THE BOY AND THE BROOK
THE BRIDEGROOM.
THE BRIDGE
THE BRIDGE OF CLOUD
THE BROKEN OAR
THE BROOK AND THE WAVE
THE BUILDERS
THE BUILDING OF THE LONG SERPENT
THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP
THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE
THE CASTLE-BUILDER
THE CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE OF THOR
THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE
THE CHAPEL
THE CHILD CHRIST.
THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
THE CITY AND THE SEA
THE COASTS OF CAESAREA PHILIPPI
THE COBBLER OF HAGENAU
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH COMPLETE WORKS OF LONGFELLOW
THE CONTRACT was considered almost as binding as a marriage. Remember
THE CONVENT OF HIRSCHAU IN THE BLACK FOREST.
THE CREW OF THE LONG SERPENT
THE CROSS OF SNOW
THE CROWD.
THE CUMBERLAND
THE DAUGHTER.
THE DAY IS DONE
THE DEAD CHRIST.
THE DEATH OF KWASIND
THE DEMONIAC.
THE DESCENT OF THE MUSES
THE DISCIPLES.
THE ELECTED KNIGHT
THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST
THE EMPEROR'S GLOVE
THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
THE EVENING STAR
THE FALCON OF SER FEDERIGO
THE FAMINE
THE FATHER.
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
The following apparent errors in the source text were corrected:
THE FOUR LAKES OF MADISON
THE FOUR VIRTUES.
THE GALAXY
THE GHOSTS
THE GOBLET OF LIFE
THE GOLDEN MILE-STONE
THE GRAVE
THE GUEST.
THE HANGING OF THE CRANE
THE HAPPIEST LAND
THE HARVEST MOON
THE HAUNTED CHAMBER
THE HEMLOCK TREE.
THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD
THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE
THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
THE IRON PEN
THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT
THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE
THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG
THE LEGEND BEAUTIFUL
THE LEGEND OF RABBI BEN LEVI
THE LIGHT OF STARS.
THE LIGHTHOUSE
THE LOVER'S ERRAND
THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH
THE MASQUE OF PANDORA
THE MEETING
THE MINSTRELS AND MOURNERS.
THE MONK OF CASAL-MAGGIORE
THE MOTHER.
THE MOTHER'S GHOST
THE MUSICIANS.
THE NORMAN BARON
The Nun of Nidaros
THE NURSE MEDUSA.
THE OCCULTATION OF ORION
THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE
THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS
THE OPEN WINDOW
THE PADRE CURA OF GUADARRAMA.
THE PEACE-PIPE
The peasant leaves his plough afield
THE PEOPLE.
THE PHANTOM SHIP
THE POEM.
THE POET AND HIS SONGS
THE POETS
THE QUADROON GIRL
THE RAINY DAY
THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS.
THE REFECTORY
THE RESTLESS HEART
THE REVENGE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE
THE RHYME OF SIR CHRISTOPHER
THE RIVER
The Road to Hirschau
THE ROPEWALK
THE SAGA OF KING OLAF
THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER
The School of Salerno
THE SEA OF GALILEE
The Search and its Reward.
THE SECRET OF THE SEA
THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS
THE SIEGE OF KAZAN
THE SIFTING OF PETER
THE SINGERS
THE SKELETON IN ARMOR
THE SKERRY OF SHRIEKS
THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP
THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT
THE SLAVE'S DREAM
THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR
THE SOUND OF THE SEA
THE SPANISH STUDENT.
THE SPINNING-WHEEL
THE SPIRE OF STRASBURG CATHEDRAL
THE SPIRIT OF POETRY
THE THREE KINGS
THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS
THE TIDES
THE TWO ANGELS
THE TWO FALSE WITNESSES.
THE TWO RECORDING ANGELS ASCENDING
THE TWO RIVERS
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
THE VIRGIN.
THE VOICE OF ZEUS.
THE VOICE.
THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS
THE WARNING
THE WAYSIDE INN
THE WEDDING-DAY
THE WHITE CZAR
THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT
THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY
THE WINDMILL
THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST
THE WITNESSES
THE WRAITH OF ODIN
THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS
THE YOUNG RULER.
THOMAS.
THORA OF RIMOL
THREE FRIENDS OF MINE
TITIAN.
TITUBA.
TITURA.
TITYRUS.
TO A CHILD
TO ALFRED TENNYSON
TO AN OLD DANISH SONG-BOOK
TO G.W.G.
TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
TO THE AVON
TO THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE
TO THE DRIVING CLOUD
TO THE RIVER CHARLES.
TO THE RIVER RHONE
TO THE RIVER YVETTE
TO THE STORK
TO VITTORIA COLONNA
TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING
TO-MORROW
TORQUEMADA
TRANSLATIONS.
TRAVELLER
TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE
triumphs
TRUTH
TWILIGHT
ULTIMA THULE.
UNDER THE WALLS OF MACHAERUS
UPSALL.
URBINO.
URIEL.
URSULA.
VALDESSO.
valiant
VENICE
VICTOR AND VANQUISHED
VICTOR GALBRAITH
VICTORIA.
VIGNA DI PAPA GIULIO
VITTORIA COLONNA.
VITTORIA.
VOCABULARY
VOICE.
VOICES OF THE FOREST.
VOICES OF THE NIGHT
VOICES OF THE WATERS.
VOICES OF THE WINDS.
VOICES.
VOX POPULI
W.F. CONOVER.
WALCOT.
WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID
WALTER.
WEARINESS
WEATHERCOCK.
WENLOCK CHRISTISON
WHARTON.
WILL EVER THE DEAR DAYS COME BACK AGAIN?
WISDOM.
WOODS IN WINTER.
WOODSTOCK PARK
WRITTEN ON REVISITING BRUNSWICK IN THE SUMMER OF 1875
YOUTH AND AGE
ZEPHYRUS.
ZOBIACHEL.