THE Courtship of Miles BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. Illustrated. BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, 1876. TO VIMU UMMORLIAD Copyright, 1858, by HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. ZDI CATOR University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., N 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. Buried in thought he seemed, with his hands behind him, and pausing Ever and anon to behold his glittering weapons of warfare, Hanging in shining array along the walls of the chamber, |