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The Wreck of the Hesperus

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Wreck of the Hesperus | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Poem by famed poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about a boat wreck

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. . .Woe" is the picturesque name of a rocky headland, reef, and islet on the coast of Massachusetts, between Gloucester and Magnolia. The special disaster in which the name originated had long been lost from memory when the poet Longfellow chose the spot as a background for his description of the "Wreck of the Hesperus," and gave it an association that it will scarcely lose while the English language endures. Nor does it matter to the legend lover that the ill-fated schooner was not "gored" by the "cruel rocks" just at this point, but nearer to the Gloucester coast.

The poet has done many things well; and he has done few things better than this ballad in the quaint, old-time style, with its nervous energy and sonorous rhythm, wherein one hears the trampling of waves and crashing of timbers. Indeed, it is so well done, by art concealing art, that much of its force and beauty escape the careless reader; whereas, the thoughtful one finds in it an ever-increasing char. . . Read More

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4.00
- Razvan - Aug 21, 2023

Published for the first time in Ballads and Other Poems in 1842, this one is a narrative poem about the tragic consequences of a skipper's pride. Based on a real0life event, the story is quite simple: a skipper takes his daughter on a perilous winter voyage. A storm arrives, the skipper ties his da

4.00
- Miles - Dec 20, 2018

From *Ballads and other Poems*
A mariner takes his daughter on a voyage and hubristically tries to fight the elements.

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- John - May 22, 2016

Yet another thrilling and epic work by the great Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. You will be very glad that you took the time to read this.

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