Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes


A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas.


Citations

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, 1868, p. 69.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Born: February 27, 1807
  • Died: March 24, 1882
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the Fireside Poets from New England.