Sailing of the Mayflower - A Poem Dedicated to its Epic Journey

“The Sailing of the Mayflower” is an 1858 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dedicated to the ''Mayflower'', an English ship that transported early Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. The ship has since become an important part of American history and culture, as well as the subject of innumerable works of art, plays, films, poems, songs, books, etc. A beautiful poem by one of America''s most celeb...