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St. John's, Cambridge

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: classic

I stand beneath the tree, whose branches shade         Thy western window, Chapel of St. John!         And hear its leaves repeat their benison         On him, whose hand if thy stones memorial laid;     Then I remember one of whom was said         In the world's darkest hour, "Behold thy son!"         And see him living still, and wandering on         And waiting for the advent long delayed.     Not only tongues of the apostles teach         Lessons of love and light, but these expanding         And sheltering boughs with all their leaves implore,     And say in language clear as human speech,         "The peace of God, that passeth understanding,         Be and abide with you forevermore!"

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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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