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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807–1882 · United States · American 19th century

Longfellow was the most popular American poet of the 1800s. His story poems, including The Song of Hiawatha, Evangeline and “Paul Revere’s Ride”, were read aloud in homes and schools across the country.

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Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Public-domain poems, free to read and print.

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Are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poems free to read?

Yes. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poems are in the public domain, and you can read 5 of them here or as a flip book. Full books are also free in the library.

What are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s best-known works?

Evangeline (1847), The Song of Hiawatha (1855), Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863).

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