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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Página viii
... line " of Cynewulf , but it fails in the elasticity which a translation of Anglo - Saxon poetry requires , and in itself is too stately , even in its feminine dramatic forms , to represent the cantering movement of old English verse ...
... line " of Cynewulf , but it fails in the elasticity which a translation of Anglo - Saxon poetry requires , and in itself is too stately , even in its feminine dramatic forms , to represent the cantering movement of old English verse ...
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... line , after the pause , filled up the line . One school of poets , of whom Cynewulf was the chief , used a short line , with few slurred syllables . Another school which has been called the Caedmonian School used a line with a varying ...
... line , after the pause , filled up the line . One school of poets , of whom Cynewulf was the chief , used a short line , with few slurred syllables . Another school which has been called the Caedmonian School used a line with a varying ...
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... line by leaving a space in the midst of each line . of my translation . The two half - lines are , of course , intended to be read right across the page , with a slight pause upon the space between them . I think the method used is on ...
... line by leaving a space in the midst of each line . of my translation . The two half - lines are , of course , intended to be read right across the page , with a slight pause upon the space between them . I think the method used is on ...
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... lines . This is followed by a catalogue , from the tenth to the seventy - fifth line , of the various places and kings and tribes that Widsith had visited . An interpolation then of twelve lines succeeds , and may have been inserted in ...
... lines . This is followed by a catalogue , from the tenth to the seventy - fifth line , of the various places and kings and tribes that Widsith had visited . An interpolation then of twelve lines succeeds , and may have been inserted in ...
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... line 87 , after an interpolation of twelve lines . Widsith tells of his voyage to Eormanric , of his return , of the welcome his lord gave him , and of the songs he sung at home with his brother bard Scil- - 1 The Myrgings , the ...
... line 87 , after an interpolation of twelve lines . Widsith tells of his voyage to Eormanric , of his return , of the welcome his lord gave him , and of the songs he sung at home with his brother bard Scil- - 1 The Myrgings , the ...
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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.