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IN the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land - of the Pilgrims, To and fro in a
room of his simple and primitive dwelling, Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of
Cordovan leather, Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain.
IN the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land - of the Pilgrims, To and fro in a
room of his simple and primitive dwelling, Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of
Cordovan leather, Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain.
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Suddenly breaking the silence, the diligent scribe interrupting, Spake, in the pride
of his heart, Miles Standish the Captain of Plymouth. “Look at these arms,” he
said, “the warlike weapons that hang here Burnished and bright and clean, as if
for ...
Suddenly breaking the silence, the diligent scribe interrupting, Spake, in the pride
of his heart, Miles Standish the Captain of Plymouth. “Look at these arms,” he
said, “the warlike weapons that hang here Burnished and bright and clean, as if
for ...
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Finally closing his book, with a bang of the ponderous cover, - Sudden and loud
as the sound of a soldier grounding his musket, Thus to the young man spake
Miles Standish the Captain of Plymouth: “When you have finished your work, I
have ...
Finally closing his book, with a bang of the ponderous cover, - Sudden and loud
as the sound of a soldier grounding his musket, Thus to the young man spake
Miles Standish the Captain of Plymouth: “When you have finished your work, I
have ...
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Go to the damsel Priscilla, the loveliest maiden of Plymouth, - Say that a blunt old
Captain, a man not of words but of actions, - Offers his hand and his heart, the
hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, but this in short is my ...
Go to the damsel Priscilla, the loveliest maiden of Plymouth, - Say that a blunt old
Captain, a man not of words but of actions, - Offers his hand and his heart, the
hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, but this in short is my ...
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But with the air of a man whom nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely
shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : “Truly the maxim is
good, and I do not mean : to gainsay it; But we must use it discreetly, and not
waste ...
But with the air of a man whom nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely
shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : “Truly the maxim is
good, and I do not mean : to gainsay it; But we must use it discreetly, and not
waste ...
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Страница 143 - All is of God! If he but wave his hand, The mists collect, the rain falls thick and loud, Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! he looks back from the departing cloud. Angels of Life and Death alike are his ; Without his leave they pass no threshold o'er ; Who, then,
Страница 111 - and Isaac, Old and yet ever new, and simple and beautiful always. Love immortal and young in the endless succession of lovers* So through the Plymouth woods passed onward the bridal procession. BIRDS OF PASSAGE. . . come i gru van cantando lor lai } Facendo in aer di sé lunga riga. DANTE.
Страница 165 - And with joy that is almost pain My heart goes back to wander there, And among the dreams of the days that were, I find my lost youth again. And the strange and beautiful song, The groves are repeating it still :
Страница 15 - wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!" All was silent again ; the Captain continued his reading. Nothing was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling Writing epistles important to go next day by the May Flower,
Страница 147 - base. The very names recorded here are strange, Of foreign accent, and of different climes ; Alvares and Rivera interchange With Abraham and Jacob of old times. "Blessed be God! for he created Death!" The mourners said, " and Death is rest and peace " ; Then added, in the certainty of faith, " And giveth Life that never more shall
Страница 39 - JOHN ALDEN. INTO the open, air John Alden, perplexed and bewildered. Rushed like a man insane, and wandered alone by the sea-side ; Paced up and down the sands, and bared his head to the east-wind, Cooling his heated brow, and the fire and fever within him. Slowly as out of the heavens, with apocalyptical splendors,
Страница 101 - together at last, at their trysting-place in the forest ; So these lives that had run thus far in separate channels. Coming in sight of each other, then swerving and flowing asunder, Parted by barriers strong, but drawing nearer and nearer, Rushed together at last, and one was lost in the other.
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Страница 180 - her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and the spear, The symbols that of yore Saint Filomena bore. 16* THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE. A LEAF
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| Заглавие | THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISII AND OTHER POEMS |
| Автор | HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
| Публикувана | 1859 |
| Оригиналът е от | Мичиганският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 23 ноем. 2005 |
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