Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863) by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Bloomington, MN

Tales of a Wayside Inn is a book consisting of a collection of poems written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First published in 1863, the poems are told to a group of adults in the tavern of the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts by the landlord of the establishment. The most famous poem to be included in the collection is "Paul Revere's Ride