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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... heard ; And so bottomless was the passion Geàt felt , 1 German critics have rearranged the first four strophes , and put strophe 4 into the place of strophe 3. The order will then be harmonious . A strophe of six lines will be followed ...
... heard ; And so bottomless was the passion Geàt felt , 1 German critics have rearranged the first four strophes , and put strophe 4 into the place of strophe 3. The order will then be harmonious . A strophe of six lines will be followed ...
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... heard That Eormanric had ! Of the Gotens ' realm . Many a warrior sat , of the wolfish thought Far he owned the folk Grisly was that king . with his sorrows cloaked , Woe within his waiting ! That the kingdom's king 1 Wistfully he ...
... heard That Eormanric had ! Of the Gotens ' realm . Many a warrior sat , of the wolfish thought Far he owned the folk Grisly was that king . with his sorrows cloaked , Woe within his waiting ! That the kingdom's king 1 Wistfully he ...
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... the farm - building . As the practice of the art was widely spread , so was it greatly honoured . The very name of Scôp , like the independent word Poet , brought the minds of those that heard it I 9 WIDSITH , DEOR , AND THE SCOP.
... the farm - building . As the practice of the art was widely spread , so was it greatly honoured . The very name of Scôp , like the independent word Poet , brought the minds of those that heard it I 9 WIDSITH , DEOR , AND THE SCOP.
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... heard it back to the Shaper of the universe , who himself gave the art of song . Saga was Odin's daughter among the Northmen . The view of the Greeks , of Homer , that the minstrel's inspiration and invention were divinely given , was ...
... heard it back to the Shaper of the universe , who himself gave the art of song . Saga was Odin's daughter among the Northmen . The view of the Greeks , of Homer , that the minstrel's inspiration and invention were divinely given , was ...
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... heard the earliest lays of the Vol- sung and Niblung saga . Arminius , " canitur adhuc barbaros apud gentes . " I cannot find the passage ; I quote from memory . I may as well say in this note that the mention of Attila in Widsith , in ...
... heard the earliest lays of the Vol- sung and Niblung saga . Arminius , " canitur adhuc barbaros apud gentes . " I cannot find the passage ; I quote from memory . I may as well say in this note that the mention of Attila in Widsith , in ...
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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.