The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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Page xviii
... maiden on that ship helped him to decide . He was the seventh to sign the Compact , and took an active share in organizing the government of the new settlement . When the Pilgrims grouped themselves into nineteen families , so that they ...
... maiden on that ship helped him to decide . He was the seventh to sign the Compact , and took an active share in organizing the government of the new settlement . When the Pilgrims grouped themselves into nineteen families , so that they ...
Page xxviii
... maiden - hearted Longfellow himself . The clerk sharply contrasts with the soldier . Each is a loyal type of a true man , but each has something the other lacks . No doubt this like - unlikeness was the bond of their friendship . One is ...
... maiden - hearted Longfellow himself . The clerk sharply contrasts with the soldier . Each is a loyal type of a true man , but each has something the other lacks . No doubt this like - unlikeness was the bond of their friendship . One is ...
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... maiden Pris- cilla ! II . LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP . NOTHING was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling , Or an occasional sigh from the laboring heart of the Captain , Reading the marvellous words and achievements of Julius ...
... maiden Pris- cilla ! II . LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP . NOTHING was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling , Or an occasional sigh from the laboring heart of the Captain , Reading the marvellous words and achievements of Julius ...
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... maiden Priscilla ; Every sentence began or closed with the name of Priscilla , Till the treacherous pen , to which he confided the secret , 35 Strove to betray it by singing and shouting the name of Pris- cilla ! Finally closing his ...
... maiden Priscilla ; Every sentence began or closed with the name of Priscilla , Till the treacherous pen , to which he confided the secret , 35 Strove to betray it by singing and shouting the name of Pris- cilla ! Finally closing his ...
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... maiden Pris- cilla . 2 She is alone in the world ; her father and mother and brother Died in the winter together ; I saw her going and coming , Now to the grave of the dead , and now to the bed of the dying , 55 Patient , courageous ...
... maiden Pris- cilla . 2 She is alone in the world ; her father and mother and brother Died in the winter together ; I saw her going and coming , Now to the grave of the dead , and now to the bed of the dying , 55 Patient , courageous ...
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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