**Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *(1807-1882) was the most famous American poet of his time. Best known for long narrative works and the classic "Paul Revere's Ride," he was a modern languages professor at Bowdoin College and Harvard College, as well as the first American to translate Dante Al...

**Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *(1807-1882) was the most famous American poet of his time. Best known for long narrative works and the classic "Paul Revere's Ride," he was a modern languages professor at Bowdoin College and Harvard College, as well as the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy *.