Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 Henry   Wad s worth   Long fellow  ( 1 8 0 7 - 1 88 2 ) w as an A me r i can  poe t, whose best k no w n work s include "  Paul Revere ’ s Rid e  " ,  The   S on g   of   Hiawatha  , &  Evangeline .

Reference s

 * " I H ear d the Bell s on Chris t mas  Day , " whose lyric s are derived from Long fellow ’ s "  Chris t mas  Bell s " poe m , w a s performed in  A Muppet Family Chris t mas .
 * The seventh sea s on  Muppet Babies  episode " Quoth the Weird o  " feature s  Nanny  read in g " The S on g of Hiawatha " to the babies ( who struggle with reference s to the s h ore s of Gitche Gumee ) . Their version cast s  Baby  KERMIT  in the title role.
 *  EPISODE 2 7 1 8  of  SESAME STREET  feature s Denzel W as h in g t on  play in g a  G R O U C H  poetry write r name d Henry Wad s worth  WRONG  fellow.
 * The Muppet s use Long fellow ’ s " Paul Revere ’ s Rid e  " ( with additional dialogue by  SAM THE EAGLE  ) for their tell in g   his  story in 1| 1  of  The Muppet s Present … Great Moment s in A me r i can History  show s.