Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the circled squares

• He wrote line about good companion
• "Evangeline" poet
• "Evangeline" author
• Poet Henry Wadsworth ___
• "Excelsior" author
• Man of the children's hour
• He wrote "The Psalm of Life"
• Evangeline poet
• American poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)

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Longfellow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. (1854–1934), American architect Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), American poet and professor Ki Longfellow (born 1944), American writer Malvina ...