The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Ælfred, by Stopford A. Brooke ...Macmillan and Company, 1892 - 500 páginas |
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... heaven Till all flits away - laud who getteth so high established power . The poem has but little literary value , but a certain literary charm is diffused over it by the names it enshrines - names of men concerning whom great sagas ...
... heaven Till all flits away - laud who getteth so high established power . The poem has but little literary value , but a certain literary charm is diffused over it by the names it enshrines - names of men concerning whom great sagas ...
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... heaven , For a truthful truth , None of men can say , nor in hall the rulers , who took up that lading . Beowulf , 11. 30-40 , 47-52 . Thus , into the silence of the sea the hero went alone , lying dead among his treasures , and the ...
... heaven , For a truthful truth , None of men can say , nor in hall the rulers , who took up that lading . Beowulf , 11. 30-40 , 47-52 . Thus , into the silence of the sea the hero went alone , lying dead among his treasures , and the ...
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... Heaven devoured the smoke . Beowulf , 1. 3148 . This was the burning ; after the burning the barrow is raised ; and it shall be told at the end how the people of the Weders built up on the point of the Ness a mound , high and broad , to ...
... Heaven devoured the smoke . Beowulf , 1. 3148 . This was the burning ; after the burning the barrow is raised ; and it shall be told at the end how the people of the Weders built up on the point of the Ness a mound , high and broad , to ...
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... heaven brightly shines the candle of the firmament . Again he looked round , and lifted his weapon , and there by the wall lay Gren- del , dead , weary of war . The body sprang far away when the hero smote off its head . All the blood ...
... heaven brightly shines the candle of the firmament . Again he looked round , and lifted his weapon , and there by the wall lay Gren- del , dead , weary of war . The body sprang far away when the hero smote off its head . All the blood ...
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... Heaven . " The sun arose ; " brightly it came , o'er the shadows sliding . " Then Beowulf and Hrothgar took leave of each other and declared a firm alliance of Seylding and Geat , " after old custom doing all things . Hrothgar kissed ...
... Heaven . " The sun arose ; " brightly it came , o'er the shadows sliding . " Then Beowulf and Hrothgar took leave of each other and declared a firm alliance of Seylding and Geat , " after old custom doing all things . Hrothgar kissed ...
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Ælfred Alcuin ancient Andrew Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian Chronicle cliffs conjecture Cuthbert Cynewulf Danes death dragon Ealdhelm earth Ecgberht eighth century Elene England English poetry Exeter Book Fates fight Geat Genesis glory Grendel Guthlac hall hand heart heathen Heaven Heliand hell helm Hengest Heorot hero holy host Hrothgar Hygd Hygelac imagination Ingeld Irish king land Latin legend Lindisfarne lines literary literature lived Lord Mercia monastery monks myth night noble North Northumbria o'er ocean passage phrase poem poet poetic riddle Roman Rood runes saga sang says Sceaf Scyld seems shield ship sing song sorrow soul speaks spears spirit storm story sung sword tale tells Teutonic thee thegns things thou thought translation trees verse Wanderer warriors waves Welsh Wessex West Saxon Whitby whole Widsith Woden words writer written Wyrd
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Página 310 - I appear''. shall I to him make known As yet my change, and give him to partake Full happiness with me; or rather not, But keep the odds of knowledge...
Página 432 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind, Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Página 432 - Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean-stream. Him, haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea and wished morn delays.
Página 314 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.