Strolling around Disneyland this summer, re-acquainting myself with Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, Mister Toad, Simba, and so on, the following reflection occurred to me: that these strange imagined ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s popularity among average Americans of his day is something contemporary poets dream about. An international celebrity, he dispensed pre-signed autographs to the many fans ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Author, Glenna Lang, Illustrator David R. Godine Publisher $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87923-971-8 One of Longfellow's best known poems, a loving tribute to his three young ...

Though Henry Wadsworth Longfellow never spent a night at the Wayside Inn, the 19th century bard's verse will resound through the Martha-Mary Chapel Sunday afternoon in dramatic readings of two of his ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is the perfect poet for our current moment. A master at what’s now called social networking, he commanded, at the height of his fame, a virtual empire of readers at home and ...

Renowned American poets are generally known by only a few of their poems. Many of us, for instance, are familiar with Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” ...

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW published his best-known poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” 150 years ago tomorrow the same day that South Carolina seceded from the United States. “Listen, my children, and you ...

Pondering that new Revolution, Longfellow got to thinking about the old one. In April 1860, he began writing "Paul Revere's Ride." While he worked on the poem, he worried about the fate of the nation.

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. On this day in 1775, patriots in Lexington and Concord fought the first ...

New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. *Does not include Games-only or Cooking-only subscribers.

The American poet who gave us Paul Revere's Ride and Hiawatha was born 200 years ago Tuesday. Fans of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are marking his birthday with readings, concerts, and "The Longfellow ...

Even in his later years, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did not mind birthdays. He inspired others to celebrate right along with him. His 70th, for example, took on the air of a national holiday, with ...