On Christmas day 1863, as his son recovered from his wounds, Henry penned the poem "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," with ...

Most people have read or at least heard of a man named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). He was a literary giant in his ...

The surgeon informed Longfellow that Charley’s wound “was very serious” and that “paralysis might ensue.” Three surgeons gave ...

On Christmas Day 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem we now know as the song "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Earlier in the year, Longfellow had unsuccessfully pressured his son, ...

This beloved poem and the circumstances that created it prove that feelings of peace, hope and optimism can blossom no matter ...

(Parts of this column were first published as an editorial in the York Daily Record/Sunday News at Christmas in 2014) American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote to a friend in 1863: “I have been ...

From 1822 to 1825, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow attended Bowdoin College, where he would become one of America's great poets. On a fine September morning in 1822 the fast stagecoach from Portland to ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. During the mid-nineteenth century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow enjoyed phenomenal popularity as a poet. His commercial ...

Most people have read or at least heard of a man named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). He was a literary giant in his lifetime and is still known today in many circles as “The Children’s Poet” ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the nineteenth century, when poetry was a highly popular literary genre, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rose to ...