The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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... forests shelter- ing who knows what fearful creatures and still more fearful savages ; snow , ice , desolation , at every hand ; no houses , no Christian people , no sign of the work of man . I had almost said no sign of the work of God ...
... forests shelter- ing who knows what fearful creatures and still more fearful savages ; snow , ice , desolation , at every hand ; no houses , no Christian people , no sign of the work of man . I had almost said no sign of the work of God ...
Page xiv
... forest fires kindled by them . The first visit from an Indian was that of the sagamore Samo- set , who on March 16th walked boldly into the settlement calling out , " Welcome , Englishmen ! " He was soon fol- lowed by Massasoit , the ...
... forest fires kindled by them . The first visit from an Indian was that of the sagamore Samo- set , who on March 16th walked boldly into the settlement calling out , " Welcome , Englishmen ! " He was soon fol- lowed by Massasoit , the ...
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... forest . " The Courtship " keeps more on the plane of everyday life , and to that extent is less idealistic and more realistic . One evidence of this is the greater amount of humor in the Puri- tan poem and the absence of any deep and ...
... forest . " The Courtship " keeps more on the plane of everyday life , and to that extent is less idealistic and more realistic . One evidence of this is the greater amount of humor in the Puri- tan poem and the absence of any deep and ...
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... forest , the sunset , the gray mist , the bright leaves , the ripe fruit , the cold rain - gives an instrumental effect nicely and appropriately harmonizing with the spirit of man . The pre- vailing hue of the poem is gray , befitting ...
... forest , the sunset , the gray mist , the bright leaves , the ripe fruit , the cold rain - gives an instrumental effect nicely and appropriately harmonizing with the spirit of man . The pre- vailing hue of the poem is gray , befitting ...
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... Forest and meadow and hill , and the steel - blue rim of the ocean , Lying silent and sad , in the afternoon shadows and sunshine . Over his countenance flitted a shadow like those on the land- scape , Gloom intermingled with light ...
... Forest and meadow and hill , and the steel - blue rim of the ocean , Lying silent and sad , in the afternoon shadows and sunshine . Over his countenance flitted a shadow like those on the land- scape , Gloom intermingled with light ...
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accent Angels beautiful beheld Belfry of Bruges Bible breath Bruges Cæsar Captain of Plymouth church cilla colony Courtship of Miles dark dead death Elizabeth Appleton England English Evangeline Excelsior eyes feeling feet Flanders flowers forest Forever-never friendship Full Text gleam grave gray Guy de Dampierre hand heard heart HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hexameters humor Indian John Alden Julius Cæsar land laugh light living long thoughts Longfellow look loud maiden Master matchlock Mayflower meter Miles Standish mist Never-forever night o'er ocean pause Pecksuot Pilgrims Plym Plymouth Plantation poem poet poet's poetic poetry prayer Priscilla Priscilla Mullens Psalm Published Puritan rain roar Rose sail Sandalphon sang shadows ship silent snow soldier song Song of Hiawatha sorrow sound spake stood story strong sweet Thereupon answered thoughts of youth unaccented syllable vessel village voice wife wind wind's words youth are long