Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) - American poet and professor whose
work was immensely popular both at home and abroad. Many consider him an
adaptive, rather than creative, poet. In 1884 his bust was placed in
Westminster Abbey, making him the only American author to be so honored.
Paul Revere's Ride (1863) - A poem depicting Paul Revere's midnight ride to
warn the colonists that British soldiers were on the march. Opening lines:
Listen my children and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
