But I got up the courage to recite Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's " The Village Blacksmith" and was relieved when the ordeal had passed.
但我鼓起勇气背诵了亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗的《乡村铁匠》,当这关过去后,我松了口气。
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets.