Narrative poem · 1858

The Courtship of Miles Standish

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow's hexameter tale of the Plymouth Colony, in which Miles Standish sends the young John Alden to woo Priscilla Mullins for him, and she asks why he does not speak for himself.

Contents · 9 parts

• I. Miles Standish86 lines
• II. Love and Friendship98 lines
• III. The Lover's Errandabout 150 lines
• IV. John Aldenabout 140 lines
• V. The Sailing of the May Flowerabout 150 lines
• VI. Priscilla98 lines
• VII. The March of Miles Standishabout 100 lines
• VIII. The Spinning-Wheelabout 100 lines
• IX. The Wedding-Day93 lines

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