Longfellow, Henry WadsworthLong‧fel‧low, Hen‧ry Wads‧worth /ˈlɒŋfeləʊ $ ˈlɔːŋ-, ˈhenri ˈwɒdzwəθ $ -ˈwɑːdzwərθ/(1807–82) a popular US poet who is known especially for his long poems about US legends (=old and popular stories of brave people, great events or adventures etc). His best-known poems are The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, Paul Revere's Ride, and The Wreck of the Hesperus. →Hiawatha