The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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... waves forever dashing upon them , black 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 ...
... waves forever dashing upon them , black 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 ...
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... waves of the sea , and vanish again in a moment . Alden laughed as he wrote , and still the Captain continued : 45 Look ! you can see from this window my brazen howitzer1 66 planted High on the roof of the church , a preacher who speaks ...
... waves of the sea , and vanish again in a moment . Alden laughed as he wrote , and still the Captain continued : 45 Look ! you can see from this window my brazen howitzer1 66 planted High on the roof of the church , a preacher who speaks ...
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... waves at the base of the rock , and above them 1 The headland at the entrance to Plymouth Harbor , seven miles from Marshfield . Before the Pilgrims all landed , a party was sent ashore in a shallop to explore the country , and here ...
... waves at the base of the rock , and above them 1 The headland at the entrance to Plymouth Harbor , seven miles from Marshfield . Before the Pilgrims all landed , a party was sent ashore in a shallop to explore the country , and here ...
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... wave . And , when the solemn and deep church - bell Entreats the soul to pray , The midnight phantoms feel the spell , The shadows sweep away . Down the broad Vale of Tears afar The spectral camp is fled ; Faith shineth as a morning ...
... wave . And , when the solemn and deep church - bell Entreats the soul to pray , The midnight phantoms feel the spell , The shadows sweep away . Down the broad Vale of Tears afar The spectral camp is fled ; Faith shineth as a morning ...
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... wave Proudly o'er the good and brave ; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the Sabbath of our vale , When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills , When the spear in conflict shakes , And the strong lance ...
... wave Proudly o'er the good and brave ; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the Sabbath of our vale , When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills , When the spear in conflict shakes , And the strong lance ...
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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