Longfellow + 

Like fruit that’s large and ripe and mellow, + 

Sweet and luscious is Longfellow, + 

Melodious songs he oft did pour + 

And high was his Excelsior. + 

He shows in his Psalm of Life + 

The folly of our selfish strife, + 

With Hiawatha we bewail + 

His suffering in great Indian tale. + 

Indian nation was forlorn + 

Till great spirit planted corn; + 

His story of Evangeline + 

It is a tale of love divine. + 