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... sweet , the very type of Priscilla ! So I will take them to her ; to Priscilla the May - flower of Plymouth , Modest and simple and sweet , as a parting gift will I take them ; Breathing their silent farewells , as they fade and wither ...
... sweet , the very type of Priscilla ! So I will take them to her ; to Priscilla the May - flower of Plymouth , Modest and simple and sweet , as a parting gift will I take them ; Breathing their silent farewells , as they fade and wither ...
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... Sweet is the smell of powder ; and thus I an- swer the challenge ! " Then from the rattlesnake's skin , with a sud- den , contemptuous gesture , Jerking the Indian arrows , he filled it with powder and bullets Full to the very jaws ...
... Sweet is the smell of powder ; and thus I an- swer the challenge ! " Then from the rattlesnake's skin , with a sud- den , contemptuous gesture , Jerking the Indian arrows , he filled it with powder and bullets Full to the very jaws ...
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... . Many a mile had they marched , when at length the village of Plymouth Woke from its sleep , and arose , intent on its manifold labors . Sweet was the air and soft ; and slowly the THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH . 59.
... . Many a mile had they marched , when at length the village of Plymouth Woke from its sleep , and arose , intent on its manifold labors . Sweet was the air and soft ; and slowly the THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH . 59.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Sweet was the air and soft ; and slowly the smoke from the chimneys Rose over roofs of thatch , and pointed steadily eastward ; Men came forth from the doors , and paused and talked of the weather , Said that ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Sweet was the air and soft ; and slowly the smoke from the chimneys Rose over roofs of thatch , and pointed steadily eastward ; Men came forth from the doors , and paused and talked of the weather , Said that ...
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... sweet of the garden ! " " Ah , by these words , I can see , " again inter- rupted the maiden , " How very little you prize me , or care for what I am saying . When from the depths of my heart , in pain and with secret misgiving ...
... sweet of the garden ! " " Ah , by these words , I can see , " again inter- rupted the maiden , " How very little you prize me , or care for what I am saying . When from the depths of my heart , in pain and with secret misgiving ...
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38 cents 50 cents 63 cents angels answered John Alden beautiful beheld boy's brave Wattawamat breath Cæsar Captain of Plymouth CINQUE PORTS Cloth cloud Damascus dark dead death desert dreams Edition errand ESSAYS eyes face feel feet Flanders Flower forest friendship Gleamed GOLDEN LEGEND graves hand haunted heard heart heaven Helgoland HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Indian Julius Cæsar land laughed light long thoughts look Lord loud matchlock meadow Miles Standish mist night noble o'er ocean OLIVER BASSELIN pause phantom POEMS POETICAL Portrait prayer Price 50 Price 63 Price 75 cents Priscilla Puritan maiden REJECTED ADDRESSES sail Sandalphon sang scabbard ships silent singing smile song sound spake speak spinning stood strange sunshine sweet swift Thereupon answered John thoughts of youth TWICE-TOLD TALES Vaud Victor Galbraith village voice walls wild wind wind's wonderful words youth are long