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My Books

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Sadly as some old mediaeval knight         Gazed at the arms he could no longer wield,         The sword two-handed and the shining shield         Suspended in the hall, and full in sight,     While secret longings for the lost delight         Of tourney or adventure in the field         Came over him, and tears but half concealed         Trembled and fell upon his beard of white,     So I behold these books upon their shelf,         My ornaments and arms of other days;         Not wholly useless, though no longer used,     For they remind me of my other self,         Younger and stronger, and the pleasant ways         In which I walked, now clouded and confused.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was the most popular American poet of the 19th century. His narrative poems—including "Paul Revere's Ride," "Evangeline," and "The Song of Hiawatha"—made poetry accessible to a mass audience and shaped American cultural identity.

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