The Courtship of Miles Standish

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A BELOVED AMERICAN NARRATIVE POEM by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems, by AMERICAN author HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) contains the well-known narrative story-poem about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower pilgrims.

The narrative poem is followed by "Birds of Passage," a collection of poems including "The Ladder of St. Augus...