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Henry wadsworth longfellow 1807 1882 was probably the most influential american poet of the 19th century. His works are still regularly anthologised after nearly a century and a half. He was also the first american to translate dante alighieris the divine comedy and was one of the five members of the group known as the fireside poets. Longfellow s poems household edition longfellow, henry wadsworth on. Shortly after the books publication, longfellow attempted to join the literary circle in new york and asked. Cloth cover, some fraying and ripped binding on the outside of the book. Born in portland, maine, and educated at bowdoin college, longfellows ambition was always to become a writer.