Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Autumn, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

With what a glory comes and goes the year!
The...

The Belfry of Bruges, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfry...

The Bell of Atri, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

At Atri in Abruzzo, a small town
Of ancient R...

Birds of Passage, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Black shadows fall
From the lindens tall,
Th...

The Bridge, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I stood on the bridge at midnight,
As the clo...

The Building of the Ship, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Build me straight, O worthy Master!
Staunch...

Burial of the Minnisink, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

On sunny slope and beechen swell,
The shadowe...

The Day is Done, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from ...

Flowers, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Spake full well, in language quaint and olden,...

The Goblet of Life, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Filled is Life's goblet to the brim;
And thou...

Hymn to the Night, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Swe...

King Robert of Sicily, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Robert of Sicily, brother of Pope Urbane
And ...

The Lighthouse, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The rocky ledge runs far into the sea,
And on...

Maidenhood, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Maiden! With the meek, brown eyes,
In whose ...

The Norman Baron, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In his chamber, weak and dying,
Was the Norm...

Nuremberg, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across bro...

The Occultation of Orion, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I saw, as in a dream sublime,
The balance in...

The Open Window, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The old house by the lindens
Stood silent in t...

Paul Revere's Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of ...

A Psalm of Life, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is bu...

The Quadroon Girl, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Slaver in the broad lagoon
Lay moored with...

Rain in Summer, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and ...

The Secret of the Sea, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ah! What pleasant visions haunt me
As I gaze u...

The Skeleton in Armor, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Speak! Speak I thou fearful guest
Who, with ...

The Slave in the Dismal Swamp, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp
The hunted Ne...