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To William E. Channing

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: classic

The pages of thy book I read,         And as I closed each one,     My heart, responding, ever said,         "Servant of God! well done!"     Well done!    Thy words are great and bold;         At times they seem to me,     Like Luther's, in the days of old,         Half-battles for the free.     Go on, until this land revokes         The old and chartered Lie,     The feudal curse, whose whips and yokes         Insult humanity.     A voice is ever at thy side         Speaking in tones of might,     Like the prophetic voice, that cried         To John in Patmos, "Write!"     Write! and tell out this bloody tale;         Record this dire eclipse,     This Day of Wrath, this Endless Wail,         This dread Apocalypse!

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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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