The Poetical Works of Longfellow

The Poetical Works of Longfellow is a comprehensive collection of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetry, one of America’s most beloved 19th-century poets. Published in various editions from the mid-1800s onward, it gathers his most celebrated narrative epics and lyrical verses, including Evangeline, which recounts the tragic separation and lifelong search of two Acadian lovers amid the expulsion of their people; The Song of Hiawatha, an epic in trochaic tetrameter inspired by Native American legends that traces the hero’s life, innovations like the canoe and agriculture, and his people’s encounter with European culture; and shorter gems like Paul Revere’s Ride and The Courtship of Miles Standish. Longfellow’s style blends romantic idealism, moral reflection, and vivid natural imagery, often drawing from history, mythology, and folklore to evoke universal themes of love, loss, heroism, and harmony with nature.