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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... century . One or two may belong to the seventh century , and some may be of even higher antiquity . Widsith , for example , may contain verses which were made in the old Angle land over the seas . Of the poems mentioned in these volumes ...
... century . One or two may belong to the seventh century , and some may be of even higher antiquity . Widsith , for example , may contain verses which were made in the old Angle land over the seas . Of the poems mentioned in these volumes ...
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... century , and in England . The conclusion contains a personal account of the poet's way of living and of his last journey , and this runs on from verse 87 to the close . The catalogue and the personal account are very old , older than ...
... century , and in England . The conclusion contains a personal account of the poet's way of living and of his last journey , and this runs on from verse 87 to the close . The catalogue and the personal account are very old , older than ...
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... century . If that explanation be rejected , the name Elfwine , unless we advance the date of the poem to the seventh century , must have been inter- polated , for Alboin died in 572 , two hundred years later than the death of Hermanric ...
... century . If that explanation be rejected , the name Elfwine , unless we advance the date of the poem to the seventh century , must have been inter- polated , for Alboin died in 572 , two hundred years later than the death of Hermanric ...
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... century , the light of four cycles of lays is reflected backwards upon it . Its names bring before us the sagas of Hermanric , of Alboin , of Gudrun , and Beowulf ; the story of Offa , and of the fight at Finnsburg . We may be said to ...
... century , the light of four cycles of lays is reflected backwards upon it . Its names bring before us the sagas of Hermanric , of Alboin , of Gudrun , and Beowulf ; the story of Offa , and of the fight at Finnsburg . We may be said to ...
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... century , but no decision can be come to on the matter . Its form is remarkable . It has a refrain , and there is no other early English instance of this known to us . It is written in 1 Beowulf is the name of a poem , and of the hero ...
... century , but no decision can be come to on the matter . Its form is remarkable . It has a refrain , and there is no other early English instance of this known to us . It is written in 1 Beowulf is the name of a poem , and of the hero ...
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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.