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Tales of a Wayside Inn

Tales of a Wayside Inn

Tales of a Wayside Inn is a collection of poems by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The book, published in 1863, depicts a group of people at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts as each tells a story in the form of a poem.


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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo

“All things come round to him who will but wait.”

Pt. I, The Student's Tale.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo

“And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night.”

Pt. I, The Landlord's Tale: Paul Revere's Ride, st. 8.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo

“And suddenly through the drifting brume
The blare of the horns began to ring.”

King Olaf's War-Horns, st. 2.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)

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“His form was ponderous, and his step was slow;
There never was so wise a man before;
He seemed the incarnate "Well, I told you so!"”

Pt. I, The Poet's Tale: The Birds of Killingworth, st. 9.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)

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“A town that boasts inhabitants like me
Can have no lack of good society.”

Pt. I, The Poet's Tale: The Birds of Killingworth.
Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863-1874)

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