Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
The Slave's Dream
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poet describes a slave’s mental escape from reality during a fatal beating
A poet describes a slave’s mental escape from reality during a fatal beating
A medical man answers a strange ad in the paper concerning beetles and is met with a most peculiar task.
The wizard fools the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Lion into thinking they received a brain, a heart, and some courage.
A young fawn asks his mother why she is afraid of barking hounds. He points out how much faster, larger, and well armed with horns she is. Her answer shows her lack of courage.
Sally Carrol thinks that she wants a different life than the one she leads in the South, with a man who isn't like the boys she grew up with. Her engagement to Henry and her trip North show her what that different life would be like.
"Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary"
The mushroom is the elf of plants
Starbuck, bound to Ahab by loyalty, fears the worst.
God gave a loaf to every bird
A biography of Arthur Cayley.
How careful was I when I took my way
David finally meets the headmaster, and continues to make new friends at Canterbury. Jack Maldon's departure leaves Annie very emotional.
George and a client take a tour of a local tenement. George meets his father-in-law to ensure a good price on a future purchase. George decides to have a conversation about "morals" with his son.
"Yesterday I held your hand,"
When Flop stays home sick from school, Uncle Butter teaches him how to make a wagon from a single roller skate. As he rides, Flop sees a cat lady being chased by a dog. He gives her a ride and they escape from the dog.
Just lost when I was saved!
If anybody's friend be dead
A narrow fellow in the grass
The narrator describes the other worldly nature of Landor's Cottage.
Ali, one of the slaves of the Count of Monte Cristo, helps to save Madame Villefort and her son Edward.
"Romance, who loves to nod and sing,"
A lion goes to extremes to be allowed to marry the maiden he loves.
A Fox caught its tail in a trap and lost it. He felt ashamed. To feel better he asked the other foxes to do away with their tails.
"Uncle John, he makes me tired;"
The night was wide, and furnished scant