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| Introduction | vii | |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | xxxiii | |
| A Note on the Text | xxxvi | |
| Longer Works | ||
| Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie (1847) | 3 | |
| From The Song of Hiawatha (1855) | ||
| III | Hiawatha's Childhood | 77 |
| V | Hiawatha's Fasting | 83 |
| The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858) | 92 | |
| From Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863) | ||
| The Landlord's Tale: Paul Revere's Ride | 148 | |
| The Theologian's Tale: Torquemada | 152 | |
| The Poet's Tale: The Birds of Killingworth | 158 | |
| The New England Tragedies (1868) | ||
| I | John Endicott | 167 |
| II | Giles Corey of the Salem Farms | 247 |
| Finale | 318 | |
| Morituri Salutamus (1875) | 321 | |
| Shorter Lyric and Narrative Poems | ||
| From Voices of the Night (1839) | ||
| A Psalm of Life | 333 | |
| From Ballads and Other Poems (1841) | ||
| The Skeleton in Armor | 335 | |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | 341 | |
| The Village Blacksmith | 345 | |
| From Poems on Slavery (1842) | ||
| The Slave Singing at Midnight | 347 | |
| The Warning | 348 | |
| From The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1846) | ||
| The Arsenal at Springfield | 349 | |
| The Occultation of Orion | 351 | |
| The Day Is Done | 354 | |
| Mezzo Cammin | 356 | |
| From The Seaside and the Fireside (1850) | ||
| Seaweed | 357 | |
| The Fire of Drift-Wood | 359 | |
| From The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems (1858) | ||
| The Jewish Cemetery at Newport | 361 | |
| My Lost Youth | 364 | |
| The Ropewalk | 367 | |
| From Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863) | ||
| The Children's Hour | 370 | |
| Snow-Flakes | 372 | |
| From Flower-de-Luce (1867) | ||
| Hawthorne | 373 | |
| From Aftermath (1873) | ||
| Aftermath | 375 | |
| Posthumously collected | ||
| Nature (1877) | 376 | |
| The Cross of Snow (1879) | 377 | |
| Notes | 378 |
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Ira Levine
reviewed Selected Poems: Longfellow on January 17, 2021
Selected Poems: Longfellow
The best works from this collection are undoubtedly "Evangeline" and "The Courtship of Miles Standish". Longfellow is often dismissed as a rather traditional and formulaic poet who played the foil to more innovative and authentically "American" writers like Whitman, Emerson, and Thoreau, but I think there's a lot to be said for a peculiar kind of creativity that can only emerge when one adheres faithfully to structure.
As clichéd and sentimental as they sometimes seem, his narrative poems have a lovely bittersweet quality to them. "Evangeline", in particular, is a wonderfully tragic meditation on the way in which our spoiled hopes, unfulfilled longings, and unconsummated loves can strengthen the capaciousness and generosity of our hearts, detaching them from the particular things they desire and causing them to swell and embrace the whole world. The tragic quality of life is like Socrates to our Alcibiades, stirring up our passions and then frustrating them, teaching us harsh lessons and redirecting our wills from the mundane to the transcendent.
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Add Selected Poems: Longfellow, Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. This selection includes generous samplings from his longer works—Evangeline, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Hiawatha—as well as his shorter lyrics and less familiar narrative poems., Selected Poems: Longfellow to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Selected Poems: Longfellow, Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. This selection includes generous samplings from his longer works—Evangeline, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Hiawatha—as well as his shorter lyrics and less familiar narrative poems., Selected Poems: Longfellow to your collection on WonderClub |
