Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine and raised over there. He grew up in the house now known as the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. He attended university at the Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. For the last forty-five years of his life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most beloved poets of his time.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow married Frances "Fanny" Appleton, the daughter of a wealthy Boston industrialist, Nathan Appleton in 1843. It is said that during his courtship days, he frequently walked her from Harvard to Boston, crossing the Boston Bridge. The bridge was subsequently demolished and rebuilt to be named as the Longfellow Bridge. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Frances Appleton had six children. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882. he suffered from peritonitis for five days before his death.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow left behind a large collection of his quotations. Most of them taken from his poems. Many of the subjects in those quotations are based on Christmas. Some of these quotations are:
Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn.
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Hail to the King of Bethlehem, Who weareth in his diadem The yellow crocus for the gem Of his authority!
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