The courtship of Miles Standish and other poems . the meadow the war-riors lay, and above them, Silent, with folded arms, stood Hobomok, friendof the white man. Smiling at length he exclaimed to the stalwartCaptain of Plymouth: *Tecksuot bragged very loud, of his courage, hisstrength, and his stature,— Mocked the great Captain, and called him a littleman; but I see now Big enough have you been to lay him speechlessbefore you!* Thus the first battle was fought and won by thestalwart Miles Standish. When the tidings thereof were brought to the vil-lage of Plymouth, And as a trophy of war the hea
The courtship of Miles Standish and other poems . the meadow the war-riors lay, and above them, Silent, with folded arms, stood Hobomok, friendof the white man. Smiling at length he exclaimed to the stalwartCaptain of Plymouth: *Tecksuot bragged very loud, of his courage, hisstrength, and his stature,— Mocked the great Captain, and called him a littleman; but I see now Big enough have you been to lay him speechlessbefore you!* Thus the first battle was fought and won by thestalwart Miles Standish. When the tidings thereof were brought to the vil-lage of Plymouth, And as a trophy of war the head of the braveWattawamat Scowled from the roof of the fort, which at oncewas a church and a fortress. All who beheld it rejoiced, and praised the Lord,and took courage. Only Priscilla averted her face from this spectreof terror, MILES STANDISH 89 Thanking God in her heart that she had not mar-ried Miles Standish; Shrinking, fearing almost, lest, coming homefrom his battles, He should lay claim to her hand, as the prize andreward of his ^5^l5t ^^^^•-;^-^J^ 90 THE COURTSHIP OF SPINNING-WHEEL. Month after month passed away, and in Autumn the ships of the merchantsCame with kindred and friends, with cattle and corn for the in the village was peace; the men were intent on their with hewing and building, with garden-plot and with with breaking the glebe, and mowing the grass in the the sea for its fish, and hunting the deer in the in the village was peace; but at times the rumor of warfareFilled the air with alarm, and the apprehension of the stalwart Miles Standish was scouring the land with his valiant in fight and defeating the alien armies. MILES STANDISH 91 Till his name had become a sound of fear to thenations. Anger was still in his heart, but at times the re-morse and contrition Which in all noble natures succeed the passionateoutbreak, Came like a rising tid
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