Stars of the Summer Night

Author: Henry W. Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth , D.C.L. was born at Portland, Maine, Feb. 27, 1807, and graduated at Bowdoin College, 1825. After residing in Europe for four years to qualify for the Chair of Modern Languages in that College, he entered upon the duties of the same. In 1835 he removed to Harvard, on his election as Professor of Modern Languages and Belles-Lettres. He retained that Professorship to 1854. His literary reputation is great, and his writings are numerous and well known. His poems, many of which are as household words in all English-speaking countries, display much learning and great poetic power. A few of these poems and portions of others have come into common use as hymns, but a hymn-writer in the strict sense of that term he… Go to person page >

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First Line: Stars of the summer night
Title: Stars of the Summer Night
Author: Henry W. Longfellow
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Adult Bible Class Hymnal No. 1 #149

Coleman's Songs for Men #d128

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Male Chorus No. 2 #105

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Quartets and Choruses for Men #209

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Sacred and Secular Selections #109

Signal Bells #d113

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The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection #183

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The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection #238

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The Chapel Hymnal #S14

Waves of Praise #bd113

Youth Inspiral #d93

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