Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely t
An 1868 portrait of Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron
Birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, Maine, c. 1910; the house was demolished in 1955.
Mary Storer Potter became Longfellow's first wife in 1831 and died four years later.
After a seven-year courtship, Longfellow married Frances Appleton in 1843
Paul Revere's Ride
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"Paul Revere's Ride" is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies
"Paul Revere's Ride" was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1861.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1860, the year he wrote "Paul Revere's Ride", painted by Thomas Buchanan Read
An illustration by Leonard Everett Fisher of the midnight ride of Paul Revere (1957)
Paul Revere (1940) by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, North End, Boston, Massachusetts. The Old North Church is visible in the background.