The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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Page ix
... heart - breaking separation ; " The Courtship " pictures the stern struggle between two races , and crowns with gladness two devoted hearts . In the later poem Longfellow has come nearer home for a subject , and written a lovely idyll ...
... heart - breaking separation ; " The Courtship " pictures the stern struggle between two races , and crowns with gladness two devoted hearts . In the later poem Longfellow has come nearer home for a subject , and written a lovely idyll ...
Page xii
... hearts and godly char- 1 Holmes's Annals of America , Part II . , Period I. , pp . 158 , 159 . 66 2 Capt . John Smith's General History of Virginia , ii . , p . 251 . 3 Hazard's State Papers , i . , p . 340 . Bradford's and Winslow's ...
... hearts and godly char- 1 Holmes's Annals of America , Part II . , Period I. , pp . 158 , 159 . 66 2 Capt . John Smith's General History of Virginia , ii . , p . 251 . 3 Hazard's State Papers , i . , p . 340 . Bradford's and Winslow's ...
Page xvi
... heart that was warm and true . The deep human feelings of the characters stand out in all the stronger relief because of this contrast with their surroundings . Just as the little may- flower ( our trailing arbutus ) is all the sweeter ...
... heart that was warm and true . The deep human feelings of the characters stand out in all the stronger relief because of this contrast with their surroundings . Just as the little may- flower ( our trailing arbutus ) is all the sweeter ...
Page xviii
... heart ; industrious , sympathetic , endowed with a delicate sense of humor , practical , and deeply pious . From an entry in the poet's Journal in December , 1857 , we learn that he thought then of giving her name to the poem . " I ...
... heart ; industrious , sympathetic , endowed with a delicate sense of humor , practical , and deeply pious . From an entry in the poet's Journal in December , 1857 , we learn that he thought then of giving her name to the poem . " I ...
Page xxii
... heart , and we are reminded of the sadness as well as the gladness of living . In both are simple lives , deep piety , and unaffected manners , but there is a wide difference in the real character of the people . The Acadians are weak ...
... heart , and we are reminded of the sadness as well as the gladness of living . In both are simple lives , deep piety , and unaffected manners , but there is a wide difference in the real character of the people . The Acadians are weak ...
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