Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet born in 1807. He is one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow is best known for his poems Paul Revere's Ride and Evangeline. The Golden Legend was first told in the 12th century. The hero of the legend was a wealthy man who was stricken with leprosy. He is told he can only be cured by the death of a maiden who is willing to die for him. A girl who belongs to the family of one of his tenants offers to die for her lord. In the final moments he cannot accept her sacrifice and they return home where the hero makes the maiden his wife.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet born in 1807. He is one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow is best known for his poems Paul Revere...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet born in 1807. He is one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow is best known for his poems Paul RevereZs Ride and Evangeline. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Poems in this collection include The Skeleton in Armour, The wreck of the Hesperus, The Luck of Edenhall, The Elected Knight, The Children of the LordZs Supper, The Village Blacksmith, Endymion, The two Locks of Hair, It is not Always May, and The rainy day.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet born in 1807. He is one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow is best known for his poems Paul Revere...
This vintage book is the third volume of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s 1867 translation of Dante Alighieri s The Divine Comedy . The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and 1320. Arguably the most important work in the Italian language, it is widely believed to number amongst the greatest works of literature ever produced. This volume constitutes a must-read for serious lovers of poetry, and would make for a fantastic addition to any bookshelf. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 1882) was an American poet and member of the Fireside Poets. Many classic books such...
This vintage book is the third volume of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s 1867 translation of Dante Alighieri s The Divine Comedy . The Divine Comedy is a...
The Divine Comedy: Inferno is the first part of the classic work by Dante, where he visits the other worlds (hell, purgatory and paradise) and meets people.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno is the first part of the classic work by Dante, where he visits the other worlds (hell, purgatory and paradise) and meets p...
This book ambitiously brings together all Longfellow's poems into a single volume. As well as his justly famous works such as 'Hiawatha', 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' and 'Evangeline', there is much else here to delight the reader, such as his many short poems, translations and verse-dramas. This is a new edition of the text - not a scan - carefully hand-edited to be clear and complete.
This book ambitiously brings together all Longfellow's poems into a single volume. As well as his justly famous works such as 'Hiawatha', 'The Wreck o...
Widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, "The Divine Comedy" is a culmination of three exquisite allegorical poems that describe Dante's journey through the anguish of Hell, the grueling demands of Purgatory, and finally, the eternal salvation of Heaven.
Widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, "The Divine Comedy" is a culmination of three exquisite allegorical poems that describe D...
A classic English translation - archaic in tone but never obscure - of Dante's famous poem by the pre-eminent poet of nineteenth century America, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
A classic English translation - archaic in tone but never obscure - of Dante's famous poem by the pre-eminent poet of nineteenth century America, Henr...
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Collected in one omnibus edition here are the five most important poetic works on Heaven and Hell ever written. In Paradise Lost Milton tells the story of the fall of man, which encompasses a battle that rages across Heaven between God and Satan. Here are passion and innocence, victory and defeat, hope and despair. This is without a doubt the greatest epic poem ever written in the English language. Paradise Regained is often thought of as the companion to Milton's Epic Paradise Lost. Here Milton tells the full story of Christ's forty days' temptation in the desert with Satan. The detail and...
Collected in one omnibus edition here are the five most important poetic works on Heaven and Hell ever written. In Paradise Lost Milton tells the stor...
Evangeline describes the betrothal of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her beloved, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Upheaval. The poem then follows Evangeline across the landscapes of America as she spends years in a search for him, at some times being near to Gabriel without realizing he was near.
Evangeline describes the betrothal of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her beloved, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation...
The Flag Goes By: An Anthology of Patriotic Verse contains many poems of American patriotism, with works from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Famous battles and respect for the Stars and Stripes are major themes, and authors include such luminaries as Bennett, Emerson, Holmes, Longfellow, Wharton and Whitman. An index of authors and first lines is included.
The Flag Goes By: An Anthology of Patriotic Verse contains many poems of American patriotism, with works from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth...