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All the fine arts are species of poetry--Samuel Taylor Coleridge
read VERNON WARING. Recollected in Calm (12 poems) |
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I have many things to write unto you
but I will not write with pen and ink
--JOHN the theologian |
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Poetry endangers the established order of the soul - Plato
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet, was one of the most popular and celebrated poets of his time. More than any other poet of the 19th century, Longfellow popularized poetry and indelibly marked American culture. Such images as Paul Revere's ride, the village blacksmith, Hiawatha, and the courtship of Miles Standish are immortalized in American literature, even though modern critics do not share the high opinion of Longfellow that was bestowed upon him by his contemporaries. His second wife, Fannie Appleton died tragically in a household accident when the light, summer dress she was wearing caught fire. Longfellow was himself burned so badly in his attempts to save her that scars left on his face made it necessary for him to grow a beard. The title of the above poem is taken from the first line of Longfellow's poem, “The Cross of Snow,” which memorialized Fanny. |
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