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** Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  **

February 27, 1807 to March 24, 1882
===// "Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart." // ===

**~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow**

In 2010, H. W. Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” turns 150. //"Listen my children, and you shall hear…” // 150 years ago Henry Wadsworth Longfellow put pen to paper and began with these now familiar words. //“…of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…” // The poem he crafted was “Paul Revere’s Ride.”

Henry W. Longfellow grew his beard to hide scars received as a result of a fire in 1861 that killed his wife Fanny and burned his neck and face.
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