The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow

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• PrefaceSample
• IV. Frithiof’s Farewell
• VOICES OF THE NIGHT
• HYMN TO THE NIGHT
• MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR
• EARLIER POEMS
• HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM
• SUNRISE ON THE HILLS
• THE SPIRIT OF POETRY
• BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK
• THE SKELETON IN ARMOR
• THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS
• THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
• IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY
• THE RAINY DAY
• BLIND BARTIMEUS
• THE GOBLET OF LIFE
• Preface
• THE SLAVE'S DREAM
• THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY
• THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP
• THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT
• THE WITNESSES
• THE QUADROON GIRL
• THE WARNING
• ACT I.
• ACT II.
• Preface
• ACT III.
• Chapter
• THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS
• THE BELFRY OF BRUGES
• THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD
• THE NORMAN BARON
• RAIN IN SUMMER
• TO A CHILD
• THE OCCULTATION OF ORION
• THE BRIDGE
• TO THE DRIVING CLOUD
• THE DAY IS DONE
• AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY
• TO AN OLD DANISH SONG-BOOK
• WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID
• DRINKING SONG
• THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS
• THE ARROW AND THE SONG
• MEZZO CAMMIN
• THE EVENING STAR
• Preface
• PART THE FIRST
• PART THE SECOND
• THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE
• THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP
• THE SECRET OF THE SEA
• SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
• THE LIGHTHOUSE
• DEVEREUX FARM, NEAR MARBLEHEAD
• THE BUILDERS
• Chapter
• THE OPEN WINDOW
• KING WITLAF'S DRINKING-HORN
• PEGASUS IN POUND
• THE SINGERS
• FOR MY BROTHER'S ORDINATION
• THE SONG OF HIAWATHA
• THE PEACE-PIPE
• HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
• HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS
• HIAWATHA'S FASTING
• Preface
• HIAWATHA'S SAILING
• HIAWATHA'S FISHING
• HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER
• HIAWATHA'S WOOING
• HIAWATHA'S WEDDING-FEAST
• Preface
• BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS
• PICTURE-WRITING
• HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION
• PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
• THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS
• Preface
• THE GHOSTS
• THE FAMINE
• THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT
• HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE
• MILES STANDISH
• LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
• THE LOVER'S ERRAND
• JOHN ALDEN
• THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER
• THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH
• THE SPINNING-WHEEL
• THE WEDDING-DAY
• BIRDS OF PASSAGE
• OR THE POET'S FORETHOUGHT
• OR THE POET'S AFTERTHOUGHT
• THE PHANTOM SHIP
• THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS
• HAUNTED HOUSES
• IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE
• THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST
• THE TWO ANGELS
• DAYLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT
• THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT
• OLIVER BASSELIN
• MY LOST YOUTH
• THE ROPEWALK
• SANTA FILOMENA
• THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE
• MAY 28, 1857
• THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
• THE CUMBERLAND
• SNOW-FLAKES
• THE WAYSIDE INN
• THE FALCON OF SER FEDERIGO
• THE LEGEND OF RABBI BEN LEVI
• KING ROBERT OF SICILY
• THE CHALLENGE OF THOR
• Preface
• QUEEN SIGRID THE HAUGHTY
• THE SKERRY OF SHRIEKS
• THE WRAITH OF ODIN
• IRON-BEARD
• THANGBRAND THE PRIEST
• BISHOP SIGURD AT SALTEN FIORD
• KING OLAF'S CHRISTMAS
• THE BUILDING OF THE LONG SERPENT
• THE CREW OF THE LONG SERPENT
• QUEEN THYRI AND THE ANGELICA STALKS
• Preface
• PART SECOND
• THE BELL OF ATRI
• THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE
• THE COBBLER OF HAGENAU
• Preface
• PART THIRD
• THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE
• THE POET'S TALE
• EMMA AND EGINHARD
• Preface
• THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE
• THE MONK OF CASAL-MAGGIORE
• THE SPANISH JEW'S SECOND TALE
• THE MOTHER'S GHOST
• Preface
• THE RHYME OF SIR CHRISTOPHER
• FLOWER-DE-LUCE
• THE BRIDGE OF CLOUD
• MAY 23, 1864
• CHRISTMAS BELLS
• THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY
• HEARD AT NAHANT
• GIOTTO'S TOWER
• TO-MORROW
• DIVINA COMMEDIA
• FATA MORGANA
• THE HAUNTED CHAMBER
• THE MEETING
• THE CASTLE-BUILDER
• THE CHALLENGE
• THE BROOK AND THE WAVE
• THE MASQUE OF PANDORA
• TOWER OF PROMETHEUS ON MOUNT CAUCASUS
• THE AIR
• THE HOUSE OF EPIMETHEUS
• IN THE GARDEN
• THE HOUSE OF EPIMETHEUS
• IN THE GARDEN
• THE HANGING OF THE CRANE
• MORITURI SALUTAMUS
• THREE FRIENDS OF MINE
• THE GALAXY
• THE SOUND OF THE SEA
• THE TIDES
• THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE
• IL PONTE VECCHIO DI FIRENZE
• IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TARRYTOWN
• ELIOT'S OAK
• THE DESCENT OF THE MUSES
• THE POETS
• PARKER CLEAVELAND
• THE HARVEST MOON
• TO THE RIVER RHONE
• TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
• THE TWO RIVERS
• WOODSTOCK PARK
• THE FOUR PRINCESSES AT WILNA
• TO ALFRED TENNYSON
• THE BROKEN OAR
• THE CROSS OF SNOW
• CHARLES SUMNER
• TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE
• TERRA DI LAVORO
• SONGO RIVER
• KERAMOS
• THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD
• CASTLES IN SPAIN
• TO THE RIVER YVETTE
• THE EMPEROR'S GLOVE
• OCTOBER, 1746
• THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG
• HAROUN AL RASCHID
• KING TRISANKU
• THE THREE KINGS
• THE WHITE CZAR
• ULTIMA THULE
• BAYARD TAYLOR
• THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE
• TO THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE
• THE IRON PEN
• ROBERT BURNS
• HELEN OF TYRE
• THE SIFTING OF PETER
• MAIDEN AND WEATHERCOCK
• THE WINDMILL
• THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS
• MY CATHEDRAL
• RICHARD HENRY DANA
• THE POET AND HIS SONGS
• IN THE HARBOR
• THE POET'S CALENDAR
• THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
• ELEGIAC VERSE
• THE CITY AND THE SEA
• HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
• TO THE AVON
• PRESIDENT GARFIELD
• MY BOOKS
• THE RIVER
• DECORATION DAY
• THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS
• FRAGMENTS
• Preface
• VOX CLAMANTIS
• MOUNT QUARANTANIA
• THE MARRIAGE IN CANA
• IN THE CORNFIELDS
• THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA
• TALITHA CUMI
• THE TOWER OF MAGDALA
• THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE
• Preface
• BEFORE THE GATES OF MACHAERUS
• HEROD'S BANQUET-HALL
• UNDER THE WALLS OF MACHAERUS
• NICODEMUS AT NIGHT
• BLIND BARTIMEUS
• JACOB'S WELL
• THE COASTS OF CAESAREA PHILIPPI
• THE YOUNG RULER
• AT BETHANY
• BORN BLIND
• Preface
• SIMON MAGUS AND HELEN OF TYRE
• THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
• SOLOMON'S PORCH
• THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
• THE PALACE OF CAIAPHAS
• PONTIUS PILATE
• BARABBAS IN PRISON
• Preface
• THE SPIRE OF STRASBURG CATHEDRAL
• THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE
• COURT-YARD OF THE CASTLE
• Preface
• EVENING SONG
• ELSIE'S CHAMBER
• THE CHAMBER OF GOTTLIEB AND URSULA
• Preface
• SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL
• IN THE CATHEDRAL
• MARY AT THE WELL
• THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST
• THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS
• JESUS AT PLAY WITH HIS SCHOOLMATES
• THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
• CROWNED WITH FLOWERS
• THE ROAD TO HIRSCHAU
• THE SCRIPTORIUM
• Preface
• THE CHAPEL
• THE REFECTORY
• THE NEIGHBORING NUNNERY
• THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE
• AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS
• Preface
• WENLOCK CHRISTISON
• Preface
• ACT II.
• ACT III.
• Preface
• ACT IV.
• ACT V.
• Preface
• ACT I.
• ACT II
• Preface
• ACT III.
• ACT IV
• Preface
• ACT V.
• SAINT JOHN
• ACT I.
• ACT II.
• ACT III.
• ACT IV.
• ACT V.
• MICHAEL ANGELO
• PROLOGUE AT ISCHIA
• SAN SILVESTRO
• BORGO DELLE VERGINE AT NAPLES
• Preface
• PART SECOND
• MICHAEL ANGELO AND BENVENUTO CELLINI
• FRA SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO
• Preface
• PART THIRD
• VIGNA DI PAPA GIULIO
• BINDO ALTOVITI
• Preface
• MACELLO DE' CORVI
• MICHAEL ANGELO'S STUDIO
• THE OAKS OF MONTE LUCA
• Preface
• COPLAS DE MANRIQUE
• BY LOPE DE VEGA
• BY LOPE DE VEGA
• BY FRANCISCO DE ALDANA
• BY FRANCISCO DE ALDANA
• THE BROOK
• BY GONZALO DE BERCEO
• BY GONZALO DE BERCEO
• BY EL COMMENDADOR ESCRIVA
• FRITHIOF'S HOMESTEAD
• FRITHIOF'S TEMPTATION
• Preface
• KING CHRISTIAN
• THE ELECTED KNIGHT
• BY JENS IMMANUEL BAGGESEN
• THE HAPPIEST LAND
• BY WILHELM MULLER
• SONG OF THE BELL
• BY JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND
• BY JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND
• BY JOHAN GAUDENZ VON SALISSEEWIS
• BY JOHAN LUDWIG UHLAND
• Preface
• BY SIMON DACH
• BY JULIUS MOSEN
• BY JULIUS MOSEN
• ART AND TACT
• BY SIMON DACH
• BY AUGUST VON PLATEN
• THE GRAVE
• FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON
• FROM THE PARADISE OF LOVE
• BY CHARLES D'ORLEANS
• BY CHARLES D'ORLEANS
• BY CLOTILDE DE SURVILLE
• FROM THE CHANSON DE ROLAND
• BY JACQUES JASMIN
• Preface
• BY FRANCOISE MALHERBE
• BY FRANCOIS DE MALHERBE
• BY JEAN REBOUL, THE BAKER OF NISMES
• BY JOSEPH MERY
• BY JEAN FRANCOIS DUCIS
• BY LEFRANC DE POMPIGNAN
• BY XAVIER MARMIER
• BY CHARLES CORAN
• BY CLEMENT MAROT
• BY JEAN FROISSART
• BY FELIX ARVERS
• THE CELESTIAL PILOT
• THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE
• BY VINCENZO DA FILICAJA
• THE ARTIST
• YOUTH AND AGE
• OLD AGE
• TO VITTORIA COLONNA
• TO VITTORIA COLONNA
• BY GUIDO GUINIZELLI
• THE FUGITIVE
• THE SIEGE OF KAZAN
• THE BOY AND THE BROOK
• TO THE STORK
• VIRGIL'S FIRST ECLOGUE
• Book III., Elegy XII.