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My Cathedral

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: classic

Like two cathedral towers these stately pines         Uplift their fretted summits tipped with cones;         The arch beneath them is not built with stones,         Not Art but Nature traced these lovely lines,     And carved this graceful arabesque of vines;         No organ but the wind here sighs and moans,         No sepulchre conceals a martyr's bones.         No marble bishop on his tomb reclines.     Enter! the pavement, carpeted with leaves,         Gives back a softened echo to thy tread!         Listen! the choir is singing; all the birds,     In leafy galleries beneath the eaves,         Are singing! listen, ere the sound be fled,         And learn there may be worship with out words.

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About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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