Project Gutenberg 2017-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 136 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 1807 1882 Longfellow, Henry W. 06001485 Courtship of Miles Standish Minnehaha Edition Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Miles_Standish Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a narrative poem written in the mid-19th century. This romantic tale is set during the early days of the Plymouth Colony and revolves around the love lives and relationships of the Pilgrims, particularly focusing on the characters of Miles Standish, a captain, and John Alden, his friend, as they navigate the complexities of love and friendship in their new world. At the start of the poem, we meet Miles Standish, a short but strong captain, who is preoccupied with thoughts of a long-lost love, Rose Standish, who has been buried near Plymouth. Pondering his past, he ultimately expresses a desire to marry the beautiful Priscilla, hoping to have John Alden, who is young, handsome, and adept with words, deliver his message of courtship to her. However, the themes of love, duty, and the tension between friendship and romantic affection begin to unfold as Alden grapples with his own feelings for Priscilla, leading to complications that set the stage for the unfolding drama within this vibrant Puritan setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Standish, Myles, 1584?-1656 -- Poetry Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Poetry PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Poetry Category: Romance Category: Classics of Literature Category: American Literature 247447 2025-07-21T14:08:23.057278 text/html 224956 2024-10-23T01:54:03 text/html 17453053 2025-07-21T14:08:39.005712 application/epub+zip 17418915 2025-07-21T14:08:26.944819 application/epub+zip 141088 2025-07-21T14:08:24.599792 application/epub+zip 17482379 2025-07-21T14:08:46.201665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 17404746 2025-07-21T14:08:34.391735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205084 2022-09-24T19:22:01.566594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138213 2025-07-21T14:08:21.455289 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118352 2024-10-23T01:54:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18156 2025-07-21T14:08:46.440690 application/rdf+xml 25039 2025-07-21T14:08:24.716770 image/jpeg 3790 2025-07-21T14:08:24.659777 image/jpeg 17544670 2025-07-21T14:08:23.540332 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia