The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The book The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was written by author Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 Here you can read free online of The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow a good or bad book?
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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 meaning ; I am a maker of war, and not a maker of phrases. You, who are bred as a scholar, can say it in elegant language, 1 68 THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH Such as you read in your books of the pleadings and woomgs of lovers, Such as you think best a...dapted to win the heart of a maiden." When he had spoken, John Alden, the fair-haired, taciturn stripling, All aghast at his words, surprised, embar- rassed, bewildered. Trying to mask his dismay by treating the subject with lightness. Trying to smile, and yet feeling his heart stand still in his bosom. Just as a timepiece stops in a house that is stricken by lightning, Thus made answer and spake, or rather stammered than answered : " Such a message as that, I am sure I should mangle and mar it ; If you would have it well done, — I am only repeating your maxim, — You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others !
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