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The Courtship of Miles Standish

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims.

“Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Source: The Courtship of Miles Standish

“God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Part IV.
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“But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language,
Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival,
Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes over-running with laughter,
Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Pt. III, The Lover's Errand.
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“It is the fate of a woman
Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless,
Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Part VI.
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“If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me,
Why does he not come himself, and take the trouble to woo me?
If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Pt. III, The Lover's Errand.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)

“Into a world unknown,—the corner-stone of a nation.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Part V; referring to Plymouth Rock
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“He is a little chimney and heated hot in a moment.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Courtship of Miles Standish

Part VI
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