The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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... graves were levelled and sown for the purpose of concealment . ' 995 In spite of these accumulated hardships and appalling losses , the Pilgrims did not abandon their settlement . Strange to say , when the " Mayflower " set sail for ...
... graves were levelled and sown for the purpose of concealment . ' 995 In spite of these accumulated hardships and appalling losses , the Pilgrims did not abandon their settlement . Strange to say , when the " Mayflower " set sail for ...
Page xxix
... grave wit and pleasantries . The Puritans were not noted for their sense of the ludicrous , but the settlers at Plymouth were a shade less austere than those at Boston . That they had a species of grim humor , however , is evident from ...
... grave wit and pleasantries . The Puritans were not noted for their sense of the ludicrous , but the settlers at Plymouth were a shade less austere than those at Boston . That they had a species of grim humor , however , is evident from ...
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... grave in the Flem- ish morasses . 22 30 Thereupon answered John Alden , but looked not up from his writing : " Truly the breath of the Lord hath slackened the speed of the bullet ; He in his mercy preserved you , to be our shield and ...
... grave in the Flem- ish morasses . 22 30 Thereupon answered John Alden , but looked not up from his writing : " Truly the breath of the Lord hath slackened the speed of the bullet ; He in his mercy preserved you , to be our shield and ...
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... graves of our 65 people , Lest they should count them and see how many already have perished ! " ' ! Sadly his face he averted , and strode up and down , and was thoughtful . Fixed to the opposite wall was a shelf of books , and among ...
... graves of our 65 people , Lest they should count them and see how many already have perished ! " ' ! Sadly his face he averted , and strode up and down , and was thoughtful . Fixed to the opposite wall was a shelf of books , and among ...
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... grave of the dead , and now to the bed of the dying , 55 Patient , courageous , and strong , and said to myself , that if ever There were angels on earth , as there are angels in heaven , Two have I seen and known ; and the angel whose ...
... grave of the dead , and now to the bed of the dying , 55 Patient , courageous , and strong , and said to myself , that if ever There were angels on earth , as there are angels in heaven , Two have I seen and known ; and the angel whose ...
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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