Longfellow

[ lawng-fel-oh, long- ]

/ ˈlɔŋˌfɛl oʊ, ˈlɒŋ- /

noun

Henry Wadsworth

[wodz-werth] /ˈwɒdz wərθ/, 1807–82, U.S. poet.

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Like Longfellow, he lived in his study and his study had only eastern windows.
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It was here that the rascal lived who drank wine out of a boot, immortalized by Longfellow.
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If the celebrated query in Longfellow's Hyperion, "What is time?"
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He differed from Longfellow in often speaking of his contemporaries.
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He had spent the afternoon in Westminster Abbey, happening, among other things, upon Longfellow's bust.
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British Dictionary definitions for longfellow

Longfellow

/ (ˈlɒŋˌfɛləʊ) /

noun

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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