The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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Page xxiii
... look of Pris- cilla . Everything goes wrong up to that point ; all the diffi- culties both external and conscientious begin to unravel after that soul - revealing glance by which the girl holds her lover from taking the irrevocable step ...
... look of Pris- cilla . Everything goes wrong up to that point ; all the diffi- culties both external and conscientious begin to unravel after that soul - revealing glance by which the girl holds her lover from taking the irrevocable step ...
Page xxvi
... looks , but in their hearts there was hatred , " VII . 29 . The meter , whose movement is like climbing a roof to the apex and then descending , lends itself admirably to this prin- ciple of contrast . Another favorite device is that of ...
... looks , but in their hearts there was hatred , " VII . 29 . The meter , whose movement is like climbing a roof to the apex and then descending , lends itself admirably to this prin- ciple of contrast . Another favorite device is that of ...
Page xxvii
... look upon . To her , love is the supreme test , and her memorable advice to her lover is in complete accord with what Shakespeare says on the same subject : " Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of ...
... look upon . To her , love is the supreme test , and her memorable advice to her lover is in complete accord with what Shakespeare says on the same subject : " Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of ...
Page xxix
... look for among a people with such strict religious views , and to whom life was such a seri- ous business . The author has evidently put far more sun- shine into his characters than he found in the originals . And yet there is ...
... look for among a people with such strict religious views , and to whom life was such a seri- ous business . The author has evidently put far more sun- shine into his characters than he found in the originals . And yet there is ...
Page xxxv
... look backwards . " Both of these lines move smoothly up to the cæsural pause , then descend abruptly , almost harshly . This is caused by the fifth foot having only one unaccented syllable . 4. Other lines show special but appropriate ...
... look backwards . " Both of these lines move smoothly up to the cæsural pause , then descend abruptly , almost harshly . This is caused by the fifth foot having only one unaccented syllable . 4. Other lines show special but appropriate ...
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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