Quote#Self
If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Pt. III, The Lover's Errand..
English (original)
If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me, Why does he not come himself, and take the trouble to woo me? If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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