What is The Courtship of Miles Standish?
[[File:Eastman Johnson portrait of Longfellow.jpg|thumb|Longfellow in 1846]] {{wikisource}} {{italictitle}} '''''The Courtship of Miles Standish''''' is a long poem by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. It was [[publish]]ed in October 1858. It sold 25,000 copies in two months. It tells the story of early [[New England]] settlers [[Miles Standish]], [[John Alden]], and [[Priscilla Mullins]]. Miles Standish and John Alden are both in love with Priscilla. It is unknown whether the story was taken from real-life, or if it was an American [[folk tale]]. One [[critic]] liked some aspects of the poem. He complained about other aspects though. Longfellow wrote the poem in an unfamiliar [[meter]], Greek [[hexameter]], and used [[medieval]] words. == Other websites == *[https://books.google.com/books?id=neIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems''], 1858 edition, at books.google.com. *{{gutenberg|no=1365|name=The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow}} &mdash; includes this poem. *[http://www.pilgrimhall.org/love&leg.htm Plot summary and historic background] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228144053/http://www.pilgrimhall.org/love%26leg.htm |date=2008-12-28 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Courtship Of Miles Standish}} [[Category:19th-century American poems]] [[Category:Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] {{lit-stub}} [[Category:1858 books]] [[Category:1850s poems]]