A Psalm of Life - The Affirmation Spot for Wednesday January 30, 2008

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine. His famous works include "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", "Evangeline", and "Christmas Bells".  Of course, his immortalization of Paul Revere is by far his most famous. What American school child in the last 130 years has not memorized:

Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April in seventy-five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year......One; if by land, And two; if by seaAnd i on the opposite shore will beReady to ride and spread the alarmTo every middlesex village and farmFor the country folk to be up and arm.Today, however, we feature another of Mr. Longfellow's most stirring works. It's a poem and and an affirmation all at the same time. The final stanza is often quoted as an affirmation, but the whole poem will light a fire under your mid winter Wednesday.

"A Psalm of Life" What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.

Be peaceful Be prosperous!

Ray