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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... head . It is this whirling down of Fortune's wheel that he mourns in his song , and he compares his fate to that of others who have suffered , so that he may have some comfort . But the comfort is stern like that the Northmen take ...
... head . It is this whirling down of Fortune's wheel that he mourns in his song , and he compares his fate to that of others who have suffered , so that he may have some comfort . But the comfort is stern like that the Northmen take ...
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... head ; Gave him to the sea . Mourning was their mood . None of heroes under 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 ...
... head ; Gave him to the sea . Mourning was their mood . None of heroes under 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 ...
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... head , is borne to the top of the great cliff that overlooks the sea , to the very edge , where the wanderers on the ... heads were molten , Gaped the gates of all the wounds ; then out gushed the blood 1 Swio Sole is here , I think ...
... head , is borne to the top of the great cliff that overlooks the sea , to the very edge , where the wanderers on the ... heads were molten , Gaped the gates of all the wounds ; then out gushed the blood 1 Swio Sole is here , I think ...
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... head of the bay , the low sandy shore on which they had driven their ship ; the ship itself tied by cables to the strand . The deep blue water beyond spread out , between two rising nesses , to the entrance of the fiord through which ...
... head of the bay , the low sandy shore on which they had driven their ship ; the ship itself tied by cables to the strand . The deep blue water beyond spread out , between two rising nesses , to the entrance of the fiord through which ...
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... head of a bay . The slopes rising into the nesses were " steep and stony , " and the trees that grew along the bed of the streams were rough and blasted by the sea salt and the wind- " a joyless wood . " And among these fiords , at the head ...
... head of a bay . The slopes rising into the nesses were " steep and stony , " and the trees that grew along the bed of the streams were rough and blasted by the sea salt and the wind- " a joyless wood . " And among these fiords , at the head ...
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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.