Longfellow
[lawng-fel-oh, long-]
- Henry Wadsworth [wodz-werth] /ˈwɒdz wərθ/, 1807–82, U.S. poet.
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The story of how he inadvertently made a Champagne-style wine that even wowed Europe and inspired a poem by Longfellow.
Longfellow, author of the poem “The Song of Hiawatha,” about an Indian hero, likely met Isaac Pharaoh there.
I have seen tougher fights at the Longfellow Middle School PTA.
He is to America what Paul Revere was to the Brits—without the horsemanship, the lanterns, and the Longfellow.
Historical Examples
Then, Harriett thought, she could get back to her mother and Longfellow.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
Longfellow's Skeleton in Armor has revealed their temporary settlement.
Of our living poets, Longfellow has been most liberally paid.
I heard her reciting Longfellow's Excelsior; and such reading, and such gestures!
The Universal ReciterVarious
Longfellow had called upon him whilst he was painting the Dante's Dream.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel RossettiT. Hall Caine
Longfellow
- Henry Wadsworth. 1807–82, US poet, noted particularly for his long narrative poems Evangeline (1847) and The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
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