Strolling around Disneyland this summer, re-acquainting myself with Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, Mister Toad, Simba, and so on, the following reflection occurred to me: that these strange imagined ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Author, Glenna Lang, Illustrator David R. Godine Publisher $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87923-971-8 One of Longfellow's best known poems, a loving tribute to his three young ...

One way to gain insight into someone’s psyche is to read what they wrote when they were 13. For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that’s his very first published poem, “The Battle of Lovell’s Pond,” which ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is the perfect poet for our current moment. A master at what’s now called social networking, he commanded, at the height of his fame, a virtual empire of readers at home and ...

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW published his best-known poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” 150 years ago tomorrow the same day that South Carolina seceded from the United States. “Listen, my children, and you ...

Pondering that new Revolution, Longfellow got to thinking about the old one. In April 1860, he began writing "Paul Revere's Ride." While he worked on the poem, he worried about the fate of the nation.

Even in his later years, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did not mind birthdays. He inspired others to celebrate right along with him. His 70th, for example, took on the air of a national holiday, with ...

In the 19th century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) stood astride the literary world like a giant. His work included some 420 published poems of every category and genre, among them such ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United ...