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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Presented By
M.Haroon
Contents
Brief Introduction
Early Life
Education
Later Life and Death
Quotes
List of works
Who was Longfellow?
Born on Feb, 27, 1807 in Portland, American Poet and educator Famous work “The Song of Hiawatha”, &
Evangeline. First American to translate “The Divine
Comedy” by Dante Alighieri Studied at Bowdoin College. Professor at Bowdoin and Harvard college Two wives Marry potter and Frances
Appleton Died in 1882
Early Life
February 27, 1807, to Stephen Longfellow His father was a lawyer In school he earned a reputation as being
very studious His mother encouraged his enthusiasm
for reading and learning First poem "The Battle of Lovell's Pond",
in 1820
Education
Longfellow attended a dame school at the age of three and by age six was enrolled at the private Portland Academy
1822, the 15-year-old Longfellow enrolled at Bowdoin College in Brunswick.
... I am almost confident in believing, that if I can ever rise in the world it must be by the exercise of my talents in the wide field of literature
submitting poetry and prose to various newspapers and magazines
Graduated in 1825.
Later life and death
In 1854 Longfellow resigned his Harvard professorship to devote himself to his writing career.(1834)
Later he started translation of different poems and stories and published. Annual income 48,000$
For several day endured the stomach pain with opium, but finally died on 24th, March, 1882 at the age of 75
After his death, his estate was worth of $356,320.
Qoutes A single conversation across the table with a wise
man is better than ten years mere study of books.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
List of worksPoem
The Children's Hour (poem) The Courtship of Miles Standish Evangeline Excelsior I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Paul Revere's Ride A Psalm of Life Retribution The Saga of King Olaf The Sermon of St. Francis The Skeleton in Armor The Song of Hiawatha Tales of a Wayside Inn The Village Blacksmith The Wreck of the Hesperus Template
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