This sweeping volume follows Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from his early promise in Portland, Maine, through his years at Bowdoin, his European studies, and his rise at Harvard, where the historic Craigie House became both home and literary refuge. Alongside this biographical arc, it presents the growth of a poet who translated widely, absorbed Spanish, French, German, Italian, Anglo-Saxon, Swedish, and Danish traditions, and helped bring European romanticism, fantasy, and scholarship into American letters. The selections reveal his full range: intimate lyrics, civic and commemorative poems, sonnets, ballads, songs, and major works including The Spanish Student, Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, The Hanging of the Crane, Morituri Salutamus, Kéramos, Tales of a Wayside Inn, Hyperion, and The Voices of the Night. Across nature, faith, memory, grief, travel, and national life, Longfellow's verse moves from musical tenderness to legend, drama, and myth. Its memorable scenes include the tragic fall of Kwasind and the winter world of Hiawatha, where domestic waiting and ancient lore meet in a distinctly American epic imagination. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.