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