Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 27, 1807, Port­land, Maine.

Died: March 24, 1882, Cam­bridge, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Brother of hymn­ist Sam­u­el Long­fel­low, Hen­ry was one of the best known Amer­i­can po­ets of the 19th Cen­tu­ry.

Sources

Hymns

  1. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  2. Oh, How Blest Are Ye Whose Toils Are Ended