Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882)

One of my favorite poems when I was a child was "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I would curl up in a chair with the volume of children's verse that it was in and read it aloud, just because I loved the rhyme and meter of the verse. In addition to this and many other well-known poems, Longfellow also translated Dante's The Divine Comedy. This translation has been paired with illustrations by Gustave Doré and is republished every few years.