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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... light together- Hath beneath the 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 ...
... light together- Hath beneath the 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 ...
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... light upon the habits of that time ; but we have little that vividly represents the daily life of the North Teutonic peoples . It is this very want which is supplied by Beowulf . That tale gives us a picture of human life at this early ...
... light upon the habits of that time ; but we have little that vividly represents the daily life of the North Teutonic peoples . It is this very want which is supplied by Beowulf . That tale gives us a picture of human life at this early ...
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... saddens , all the magic light Dies off at once from bower and hall , And all the place is dark , and all The chambers emptied of delight . pain he died . And Haethcyn his brother's slayer became 22 CHAP . EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... saddens , all the magic light Dies off at once from bower and hall , And all the place is dark , and all The chambers emptied of delight . pain he died . And Haethcyn his brother's slayer became 22 CHAP . EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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... light of their eyes burned through the mist like flame.1 1 I may as well , to illustrate this description , quote the passage from Elfred's Orosius where Ohthere gives an account to the king of the scenery of the North- men's coast . In ...
... light of their eyes burned through the mist like flame.1 1 I may as well , to illustrate this description , quote the passage from Elfred's Orosius where Ohthere gives an account to the king of the scenery of the North- men's coast . In ...
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... light , like flame , stood in his eyes . He saw the heroes sleeping in the hall , and his heart laughed . He thought how he would glut his hunger . He seized a thegn and rent him to pieces . Then he laid hands on Beowulf and knew that ...
... light , like flame , stood in his eyes . He saw the heroes sleeping in the hall , and his heart laughed . He thought how he would glut his hunger . He seized a thegn and rent him to pieces . Then he laid hands on Beowulf and knew that ...
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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.