Samuel Chamberlain

"When Winston Churchill in a famous appeal for arms quoted Longfellow's "Sail on, O Ship of State, Sail on, Union strong and great," he stirred the patriotic feelings of millions of listeners and reminded them of the great poet who so often expressed his love for America in poetry. Today many are becoming reacquainted with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and visiting the houses in which he lived and the woods and waters that he praised. Samuel Champlain...