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Nahant: Poetry by the Sea

Nahant’s Famous American Poets

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Three poems by America’s most beloved poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a longtime summer resident of Nahant:

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Four By The Clock” and feel the rhythms of Nahant just before sunrise

The Bells of Lynn” and feel the rhythms of Nahant just before sunset

The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” and feel daily rhythms of Nahant’s surf

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John Greenleaf Whittier’s argument that “Nahant” is the prettiest place on earth

How Oliver Wendell Holmes’ imagination was inspired by watching “My Aviary” on the Nahant shore

Sara Teasdale’sNahant,” about serenity and reassurance in time of war