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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... tells us that Widsith , " who most of all men visited kindreds and nations , received in the hall for his sing- ing memorable gifts . " Born among the Myrgings , ' he became the singer of the court , and while still young went , in this ...
... tells us that Widsith , " who most of all men visited kindreds and nations , received in the hall for his sing- ing memorable gifts . " Born among the Myrgings , ' he became the singer of the court , and while still young went , in this ...
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... tells of their love of song . " They celebrate , in ancient lays , Tuisco , their earth - born god , ( that is , whom the Germans thought to have sprung out of the earth where they dwelt , so long was it since they had settled there ) ...
... tells of their love of song . " They celebrate , in ancient lays , Tuisco , their earth - born god , ( that is , whom the Germans thought to have sprung out of the earth where they dwelt , so long was it since they had settled there ) ...
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... tells of this fight ; how Hygelac fell , how he avenged his lord's death . Two other allusions are made in the poem to the same expedition and battle . It is said , therefore , that it must have been after the date of 520 that the main ...
... tells of this fight ; how Hygelac fell , how he avenged his lord's death . Two other allusions are made in the poem to the same expedition and battle . It is said , therefore , that it must have been after the date of 520 that the main ...
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... tell who took up that lading . " 1 66 As the poem begins with this burial , so it ends with the burial of Beowulf . His burial has nothing mythic , nothing mystic surrounding it . It might be that of an historical per- sonage ; and the ...
... tell who took up that lading . " 1 66 As the poem begins with this burial , so it ends with the burial of Beowulf . His burial has nothing mythic , nothing mystic surrounding it . It might be that of an historical per- sonage ; and the ...
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... moved ; but we have had this before , and though repetition is frequent in Anglo - Saxon poetry we need not select a repetition when the words may bear another meaning . Beowulf tells his tale , and Wulfgar , " who III 33 BEOWULF.
... moved ; but we have had this before , and though repetition is frequent in Anglo - Saxon poetry we need not select a repetition when the words may bear another meaning . Beowulf tells his tale , and Wulfgar , " who III 33 BEOWULF.
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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.