Henry Wadsworth LongfellowVerified

A large collection of Longfellow's verse, including his translations, arranged in chronological order. The first poems include "Prelude" and "A Psalm of Life," and the themes include nature, mortality and everyday life.

An epic poem from 1855 in trochaic tetrameter about the Ojibwe warrior Hiawatha and his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman. It follows him from childhood through deeds such as slaying a magician and finding corn, to his departure westward.