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Selections from
The courtship of Miles Standish _

"for surely a woman's affection.
Is not a thing to be asked for, and had
for only the asking.
When one is truely in love, one not only
says it but shows it. _

"Ah, by there words I can see," again
interrupted the maiden,
How very little you prize me, or care
for what I am saying.
When from the depths of my heart,
in pain and secret misgiving
Frankly I speak to you, asking for
sympathy only & kindness,
Straight way you take up my words,
that are plain & direct & in earnest,
Turn them away from their meaning, &
answer, with flattering phrases