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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... hall for his sing- ing memorable gifts . " Born among the Myrgings , ' he became the singer of the court , and while still young went , in this capac- ity , " with Queen Ealdhild the weaver of peace , " the daughter of Eadwine and the ...
... hall for his sing- ing memorable gifts . " Born among the Myrgings , ' he became the singer of the court , and while still young went , in this capac- ity , " with Queen Ealdhild the weaver of peace , " the daughter of Eadwine and the ...
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... hall of a great noble . He was frequently one of the thegns , and received money and landright from the king . He may have been , if not a thegn , on an equality with them ; and was often , as we see in Beowulf , a renowned captain ...
... hall of a great noble . He was frequently one of the thegns , and received money and landright from the king . He may have been , if not a thegn , on an equality with them ; and was often , as we see in Beowulf , a renowned captain ...
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... hall ) — rather than for friends- if that I should have or the goods that shine . that well - witted men to many folk Not a word on earth And not rarely do I rest Midst the Folks I'm famous . And for me a foreigner , 1 Loud the ...
... hall ) — rather than for friends- if that I should have or the goods that shine . that well - witted men to many folk Not a word on earth And not rarely do I rest Midst the Folks I'm famous . And for me a foreigner , 1 Loud the ...
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... hall or the camp at night , as Woden's chosen did in Valhalla . The old chiefs sang the glory of their youth . Their very swords and spears were thought to sing . The spear yells , the sword shouts in battle . Then , the wanderer who ...
... hall or the camp at night , as Woden's chosen did in Valhalla . The old chiefs sang the glory of their youth . Their very swords and spears were thought to sing . The spear yells , the sword shouts in battle . Then , the wanderer who ...
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... hall . The harp is the wood of social joy , the wood - beam of delight . Playing and singing are- " to awake the joyous wood , the rapture of the harp , to rouse the happy lay , " to practise the " glee - craft , " to have the " jocund ...
... hall . The harp is the wood of social joy , the wood - beam of delight . Playing and singing are- " to awake the joyous wood , the rapture of the harp , to rouse the happy lay , " to practise the " glee - craft , " to have the " jocund ...
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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.