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Subject: STANDISH, MILES (1584-1656)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I sat one evening in my room
Last Line: And he will print my ditty.
Subject(s): Plymouth, Massachusetts; Standish, Miles (1584-1656)


COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, by WILLIAM FREDERICK KIRK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Miles standish ban having a courtship
Subject(s): Standish, Miles (1584-1656)


ENTRAPMENT OF JOHN ALDEN, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Once there was a pilgrim father named miles standish
Last Line: Instead of joining miles standish in duxbury he had nahanted or even saugused
Subject(s): Alden, John (1599-1687); Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Standish, Miles (1584-1656)


THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the old colony days, in plymouth the land of the pilgrims
Last Line: So through the plymouth woods passed onward the bridal procession.
Subject(s): Pilgrim Fathers; Standish, Miles (1584-1656); United States - Colonial Period


THE FIRST PROCLAMATION OF MILES STANDISH [NOVEMBER 23, 1620], by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ho, rose!' quoth the stout miles standish
Last Line: And order a washing-day!
Subject(s): Pilgrim Fathers; Standish, Miles (1584-1656)


THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY [1621], by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And now,' said the governor, gazing abroad
Last Line: "he muttered, ""the good great spirit loves his white children best!"
Subject(s): Bradford, William (1590-1657); Brewster, William (1560-1644); Holidays; Massasoit (d. 1661); Standish, Miles (1584-1656); Thanksgiving Day