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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Longfellow’s life and career Major works Poetry style of Longfellow Contributions Longfellow’s life and career Longfellows Childhood Home----Portland, Maine Longfellow National Historic Site Major Works Lyrics: Voices of the Night ?夜吟? (1839);Ballads and Other Poems ?歌谣及其他? (1842) ;Poems on Slavery ?奴隶制度诗篇 ?（1842） Long poems: Evangeline ?伊凡吉林?（1847）; Song of Hiawatha?海华沙之歌?（1855）; Courtship of Miles Standish ?迈尔斯 斯坦狄什的求婚（1858） Drama: Michael Angelo ?迈克尔 安吉洛? Translation: Divine Comedy ?神曲? A Psalm of Life What a Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist Ⅰ Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream !--- For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Ⅱ Life is real ! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Ⅲ Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Ⅳ Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Theme of the Poem This poem encourages people to persevere despite tragedy, to affirm life, to pick up courage from losses and to push ahead for all momentary defeats. It is a poem in which a young man entreats a psalmist (and readers) not to be optimistic, but to muster courage in adversity. Contributions Exercised a great influence in bringing European culture to the US Did much to popularize American folk themes abroad THANKS * History and Anthology of American Literature —The Literature of Romanticism (1807-1882) contents Birth:Portland,Maine;February,27,1807 Education: studying at Bowdoin College (1821-1825) Trip t