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... excellent Elder of Plymouth . God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting , Then had sifted the wheat , as the living seed of a nation ; So say the chronicles old , and such is the faith of the people ! Near them ...
... excellent Elder of Plymouth . God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting , Then had sifted the wheat , as the living seed of a nation ; So say the chronicles old , and such is the faith of the people ! Near them ...
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... excellent Elder of Plymouth , Somewhat amazed and alarmed at this irreverent language : " Not so thought Saint Paul , nor yet the other Apostles ; Not from the cannon's mouth were the tongues of fire they spake with ! " But unheeded ...
... excellent Elder of Plymouth , Somewhat amazed and alarmed at this irreverent language : " Not so thought Saint Paul , nor yet the other Apostles ; Not from the cannon's mouth were the tongues of fire they spake with ! " But unheeded ...
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... excellent Elder of Plymouth Said , " Let us pray ! " and they prayed , and thanked the Lord and took courage . Mournfully sobbed the waves at the base of the rock , and above them Bowed and whispered the wheat on the hill of death , and ...
... excellent Elder of Plymouth Said , " Let us pray ! " and they prayed , and thanked the Lord and took courage . Mournfully sobbed the waves at the base of the rock , and above them Bowed and whispered the wheat on the hill of death , and ...
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... excellent Elder of Plymouth Prayed for the hearth and the home , that were founded that day in affection , Speaking of life and of death , and imploring divine benedictions . Lo ! when the service was ended , a form ap- peared on the ...
... excellent Elder of Plymouth Prayed for the hearth and the home , that were founded that day in affection , Speaking of life and of death , and imploring divine benedictions . Lo ! when the service was ended , a form ap- peared on the ...
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COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH Henry Wadsworth 1807-1882 Longfellow,Homer P. (Homer Pierce) 1849- Ed Lewis No preview available - 2016 |
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angels angry answered John Alden armor battle beautiful beheld belfry BELFRY OF BRUGES beneath brave Wattawamat Bruges Cæsar Captain of Plymouth dark dead death dreams Elder of Plymouth errand excellent Elder Excelsior eyes face feet fire Flanders flowers forest Forever-never friendship Gleamed golden grave GROSSET & DUNLAP hand hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Indian Julius Cæsar land laughed light Longfellow look loud maiden Priscilla matchlock Mayflower meadow Miles Standish mist musket Never-forever night o'er ocean Old North Church passed Paul Revere PAUL REVERE'S RIDE paused Pecksuot Pilgrims Plymouth woods poem prayer Puritan maiden quaint old Flemish rose sail Sandalphon scabbard seemed shadow shore silent SKELETON IN ARMOR slumbered smile snow sorrow soul sound spake speak spinning standing stood strode strong sunshine sweet Thereupon answered John thou thought tide village voice wedding wild wind words