The Poet’s Calendar: 05 - May

Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Hark! The sea-faring wild-fowl loud proclaim
My coming, and the swarming of the bees.
These are my heralds, and behold! my name
Is written in blossoms on the hawthorn-trees.
I tell the mariner when to sail the seas;
I waft o’er all the land from far away
The breath and bloom of the Hesperides,
My birthplace.  I am Maia.  I am May.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 - 1882/Male/AmericanA poet and educator, Longfellow is known for translating poetry and his lyrical poems of mythology and legend.

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