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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... spirit , or as an attendant on an embassage , like Widsith , or because mis- fortune had befallen his lord , like the " Wanderer , " or because , like Deor , he was dispossessed by a rival . Below the Scôp there were a great number of ...
... spirit , or as an attendant on an embassage , like Widsith , or because mis- fortune had befallen his lord , like the " Wanderer , " or because , like Deor , he was dispossessed by a rival . Below the Scôp there were a great number of ...
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... spirit of Elsewhere , foreign to human nature , greedy and raging , restless , a death ghost , a scathe of man , a huge mark - stalker , a creature of the mirk and mist . She swims the sea like a sea - monster , clutches to Beowulf in ...
... spirit of Elsewhere , foreign to human nature , greedy and raging , restless , a death ghost , a scathe of man , a huge mark - stalker , a creature of the mirk and mist . She swims the sea like a sea - monster , clutches to Beowulf in ...
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... spirit sad , in his sorrow he lamented , Thus unhappy , did he weep till the Surge of Death All alone when all were gone - In the day and night , On his heart laid hold . Beowulf , 11. 2247 , etc. This is the hoard over which the dragon ...
... spirit sad , in his sorrow he lamented , Thus unhappy , did he weep till the Surge of Death All alone when all were gone - In the day and night , On his heart laid hold . Beowulf , 11. 2247 , etc. This is the hoard over which the dragon ...
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... spirit with the stormy sea , this deriva- tion well expresses the crushing and battering force of the waves that grind the rocks , break up the ships , and rend the seamen . But I suspect that the name belongs to the most ancient forms ...
... spirit with the stormy sea , this deriva- tion well expresses the crushing and battering force of the waves that grind the rocks , break up the ships , and rend the seamen . But I suspect that the name belongs to the most ancient forms ...
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... spirit in it that sorrowed and rejoiced . Swords of this kind are named in Beowulf ; " hard - edged 1 I have translated waepenpracu , not waepenpraege . -- and wonderful , damascened , and adorned with jewels CHAP . VIII 121 ARMOUR AND ...
... spirit in it that sorrowed and rejoiced . Swords of this kind are named in Beowulf ; " hard - edged 1 I have translated waepenpracu , not waepenpraege . -- and wonderful , damascened , and adorned with jewels CHAP . VIII 121 ARMOUR AND ...
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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.