The Courtship of Miles Standish and Minor PoemsMacmillan Company, 1910 |
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... his life was so ex- ceptionally sweet and musical that any voice of praise sounds almost like a discord after it . Though Henry Longfellow will ever be known to First poetry many as a man and neighbor , to INTRODUCTION XV.
... his life was so ex- ceptionally sweet and musical that any voice of praise sounds almost like a discord after it . Though Henry Longfellow will ever be known to First poetry many as a man and neighbor , to INTRODUCTION XV.
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... sound of a soldier grounding his musket , Thus to the young man spake Miles Standish the Cap- tain of Plymouth : 125 " When you have finished your work , I have something important to tell you . Be not however in haste ; I can wait ; I ...
... sound of a soldier grounding his musket , Thus to the young man spake Miles Standish the Cap- tain of Plymouth : 125 " When you have finished your work , I have something important to tell you . Be not however in haste ; I can wait ; I ...
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... sound of sinister omen . 410 All his pent - up wrath burst forth in a sudden explo- sion , E'en as a hand - grenade , that scatters destruction around it . Wildly he shouted , and loud : " John Alden ! you have betrayed me ! Me , Miles ...
... sound of sinister omen . 410 All his pent - up wrath burst forth in a sudden explo- sion , E'en as a hand - grenade , that scatters destruction around it . Wildly he shouted , and loud : " John Alden ! you have betrayed me ! Me , Miles ...
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... sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth ; Clanging and clicking of arms , and the order impera- tive , " Forward ! " Given in tone suppressed , a tramp of feet , and then silence . 485 Figures ten , in the mist , marched slowly out ...
... sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth ; Clanging and clicking of arms , and the order impera- tive , " Forward ! " Given in tone suppressed , a tramp of feet , and then silence . 485 Figures ten , in the mist , marched slowly out ...
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... sun rose over the ocean , Darted a puff of smoke , and floated seaward ; anon rang Loud over field and forest the cannon's roar , and the echoes Heard and repeated the sound , the signal - gun THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH 31.
... sun rose over the ocean , Darted a puff of smoke , and floated seaward ; anon rang Loud over field and forest the cannon's roar , and the echoes Heard and repeated the sound , the signal - gun THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH 31.
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Page 72 - When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight...
Page 155 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
Page 127 - I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.
Page 93 - THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company.
Page 189 - And the bugle wild and shrill. And the music of that old song Throbs in my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 197 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 97 - His hair is crisp, and black and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 143 - We know what Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 188 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 153 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair...