H.W. Longfellow

Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is perhaps the best-loved American poet of the 19th-century. He graduated from Bowdoin College, later to join the language faculty at Harvard. His "Voices of the Night" (1839) brought him to popular light. He later wrote the poems, "The Village Blacksmith," Evangeline," and "Hiawatha." His work is known for its simplicity and gentleness. 

The Rainy Day

"The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the moldering wall,

But at every gust the dead leaves fall, 

And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary; 

My thoughts still cling to the moldering Past,

But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast

And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all.

Into each life some rain must fall,

Some days must be dark and dreary."

We had a creative task so I made a collage.