Longfellow

American  

[lawng-fel-oh, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌfɛl oʊ, ˈlɒŋ- /

noun

1. Henry Wadsworth 1807–82, U.S. poet.

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Longfellow British  

/ ˈlɒŋˌfɛləʊ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Now a musician, Boucher celebrates his French-Canadian roots, even turning the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about the Acadian expulsion, Evangeline, into a song.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

To improve his product’s chances of survival, Martin made specialty models for popular musicians such as Delores Navares de Goñi, whose playing was praised by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Longfellow was among the first, but it won’t be the last.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Longfellow ended his poem on a confident note, declaring that, “borne on the night-wind of the Past, through all our history, to the last,” Americans would “waken and listen” to Revere’s “midnight message.”

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

On more than one occasion, she would start to read a poem by Poe or Longfellow, only to hear him finish it for her, from memory.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar