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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... thought , of how he shaped his emotion . Prose no more represents poetry than architec- ture does music . Translations of poetry are never much good , but at least they should always endeavour to have the musical movement of poetry ...
... thought , of how he shaped his emotion . Prose no more represents poetry than architec- ture does music . Translations of poetry are never much good , but at least they should always endeavour to have the musical movement of poetry ...
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... thought , to give literally the sense and the sentiment of the original than to strain them or lose them by a rigid adherence to allit- eration and accent . I have made clear the division of the Anglo - Saxon line by leaving a space in ...
... thought , to give literally the sense and the sentiment of the original than to strain them or lose them by a rigid adherence to allit- eration and accent . I have made clear the division of the Anglo - Saxon line by leaving a space in ...
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... thought it necessary , entered into the critical or scien- tific questions which hum like bees around the poems . On these questions a great number of books , reviews , and pam- phlets have been written . I have not avoided this side of ...
... thought it necessary , entered into the critical or scien- tific questions which hum like bees around the poems . On these questions a great number of books , reviews , and pam- phlets have been written . I have not avoided this side of ...
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... thought Far he owned the folk Grisly was that king . with his sorrows cloaked , Woe within his waiting ! That the kingdom's king 1 Wistfully he longed overcome should be ! That he overwent ; this also may I. The I omit here what seems a ...
... thought Far he owned the folk Grisly was that king . with his sorrows cloaked , Woe within his waiting ! That the kingdom's king 1 Wistfully he longed overcome should be ! That he overwent ; this also may I. The I omit here what seems a ...
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... thought to sing . The spear yells , the sword shouts in battle . Then , the wanderer who came into the hall to claim ... thoughts and images of his song ; his voice rang out the alliterated words and the accented syllables of the verses ...
... thought to sing . The spear yells , the sword shouts in battle . Then , the wanderer who came into the hall to claim ... thoughts and images of his song ; his voice rang out the alliterated words and the accented syllables of the verses ...
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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.