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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... ocean bear him , Sad was then their soul , Then they also set High above his 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 ...
... ocean bear him , Sad was then their soul , Then they also set High above his 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 ...
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... ocean life , the ocean mystery , the battle with the ocean and on the ocean begin the English poetry , and they are as vivid in it now as they were in the youth of our people . The Battle of the Baltic , the Fight of the Revenge , the ...
... ocean life , the ocean mystery , the battle with the ocean and on the ocean begin the English poetry , and they are as vivid in it now as they were in the youth of our people . The Battle of the Baltic , the Fight of the Revenge , the ...
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... ocean - wood . Swiftly went above the waves Likest to a fowl , the Floater , with a wind well - fitted , foam around its neck , Till about the same time , on the second day , The up - curvèd prow had come on so far , That at last the ...
... ocean - wood . Swiftly went above the waves Likest to a fowl , the Floater , with a wind well - fitted , foam around its neck , Till about the same time , on the second day , The up - curvèd prow had come on so far , That at last the ...
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... ocean street Hither on the high sea Earl upon this earth Hero in his harness . ' Less his looks belie him , Noble is his air ! having arms in hand , of mail who your keel afoaming thus have urged along , Never saw I greater than is one ...
... ocean street Hither on the high sea Earl upon this earth Hero in his harness . ' Less his looks belie him , Noble is his air ! having arms in hand , of mail who your keel afoaming thus have urged along , Never saw I greater than is one ...
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... ocean - cave under the slopes of the fen . He reaches it and dies . When the morning dawns Beowulf has hung the arm and claw of Grendel on the cross - beam above the king's seat in the hall ; and many come to see them . Then the awaking ...
... ocean - cave under the slopes of the fen . He reaches it and dies . When the morning dawns Beowulf has hung the arm and claw of Grendel on the cross - beam above the king's seat in the hall ; and many come to see them . Then the awaking ...
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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.