Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This page is dedicated to the Longfellow Days Committee in Brunswick, Maine who inspired me to write about this wonderful poet. I give hugs and thanks to Maryli Tiemann, Claudia Knox, Vicky and
Elizabeth Marr.
"Longfellow was himself a beautiful poem, more beautiful than anything he ever wrote." - Oscar Wilde
Longfellow in Love
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow courted his readers as ardently as he
wooed any lady.
Port City Life Magazine, January/February 2007 Is it mere coincidence that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Poet of the Heart,” as he was called by his readers, was born in the month of love?
The most popular poet of the nineteenth century lives on, two hundred years after his birth on February 27, 1807 in Portland, in celebrations this year to honor a legacy that embraces poetry for people of all ages…
Longfellow and Susan Chase Love Legend in Maine:
Fact or Fiction? (Times Record Newspaper)
This article received a 5 star rating on EzineAritlces. Take a Longfellow Quiz and see how well you know his famous quotes. Longfellow During the Civil War
(Times Record Newspaper and
Valentines (and/or Tributes for Longfellow
(EzineArticles and Coastal Journal, Maine) (Read more)
The Tide Turns for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Maine in Print Newspaper for Maine Writers)
PDF of whole newsletter (Scroll down to page 13 for color copy of article with photos World-Class-Poetry.com
Longfellow Days in Brunswick, Maine is sponsored in part by: Brunswick Downtown Association
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My sincere thanks go to Professor Christoph Irmscher for his help in researching these articles. It was with profound joy that I learned so many interesting tidbits of Longfellow's personal life from him. See http://www.umass.edu/umpress/spr_09/irmscher.htm for his new book which is receiving kudos.
“Lives of great men all
remind us
we can make our lives
sublime, and departing,
leave
behind us
footprints on the
sands of time."
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articles so that she can assist you in giving proper credit.
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