Like fruit that's large and ripe and mellow, <br />Sweet and luscious is Longfellow, <br />Melodious songs he oft did pour, <br />And high was his Excelsior. <br />He shows us in his psalm of life <br />The folly of our selfish strife; <br />With Hiawatha we bewail <br />His suffering in great Indian tale; <br />Indian nation was forlorn <br />Till great spirit planted corn.<br /><br />James McIntyre<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/american-poets-longfellow/
