Project Gutenberg 2018-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 233 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 1807 1882 Longfellow, Henry W. Pearson, P. H. (Peter Henry) 1864 1940 Pearson, Peter Henry The Courtship of Miles Standish: With Suggestions for Study and Notes Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Miles_Standish There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #59216 Produced by Larry B. Harrison, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a narrative poem written in the mid-19th century. The poem recounts the romantic adventures of the Puritan Captain Miles Standish as he seeks to marry the beautiful Priscilla Mullins, but finds his friendship with John Alden complicated by his own feelings for her. This tale intertwines themes of love, duty, and the challenges faced by early settlers in America. At the start of the poem, we meet Miles Standish, a brooding character reflecting on his past while surrounded by his weapons, symbolizing his soldierly life. His companion, John Alden, serves as his scribe and represents youth and romantic idealism. Standish, mourning the loss of his beloved Rose, becomes determined to find love again with Priscilla, while Alden secretly harbors feelings for her as well. The dynamic between the two men is introduced early on, establishing a tension that will unfold as Alden is sent to woo Priscilla on behalf of Standish, leading to conflicts of loyalty and love as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Standish, Myles, 1584?-1656 -- Poetry Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Poetry PS Text Category: Poetry Category: Romance Category: American Literature 183517 2025-07-23T04:29:04.460033 text/html 182782 2019-08-08T08:31:18 text/html 141052 2025-07-23T04:29:08.082963 application/epub+zip 142118 2025-07-23T04:29:05.079013 application/epub+zip 135611 2025-07-23T04:29:04.757004 application/epub+zip 205778 2025-07-23T04:29:10.211964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190083 2025-07-23T04:29:07.762957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188539 2022-08-25T18:38:47.335224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140252 2025-07-23T04:29:04.030004 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140631 2018-06-29T05:44:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19552 2025-07-23T04:29:10.342944 application/rdf+xml 14528 2025-07-23T04:29:04.841980 image/jpeg 2131 2025-07-23T04:29:04.800001 image/jpeg 53315 2018-06-29T05:44:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 116825 2019-08-08T08:32:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 140145 2025-07-23T04:29:04.476047 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