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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... woods about the Vistula . " Often was battle fierce , " he sings , " when with hard swords the host of the Hreads had to guard the old fatherland against the bands of Etla ( Attila ) all about the Wistla Wood . " He names many of the ...
... woods about the Vistula . " Often was battle fierce , " he sings , " when with hard swords the host of the Hreads had to guard the old fatherland against the bands of Etla ( Attila ) all about the Wistla Wood . " He names many of the ...
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... woods , and the worms and fishes forgot their daily work in his singing . " Now , " he says , " I will say concerning my- self " Deor was my name . me Whilom was I Scôp of the Heodenings : Dear unto my Lord ! Well my service was to ...
... woods , and the worms and fishes forgot their daily work in his singing . " Now , " he says , " I will say concerning my- self " Deor was my name . me Whilom was I Scôp of the Heodenings : Dear unto my Lord ! Well my service was to ...
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... wood of social joy , the wood - beam of delight . Playing and singing are- " to awake the joyous wood , the rapture of the harp , to rouse the happy lay , " to practise the " glee - craft , " to have the " jocund gift of poesy ...
... wood of social joy , the wood - beam of delight . Playing and singing are- " to awake the joyous wood , the rapture of the harp , to rouse the happy lay , " to practise the " glee - craft , " to have the " jocund gift of poesy ...
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... wood , and they were weary of wounds , bereft of their king . All the night long he laid siege against them , taunting them that in the morning he would slay them with the sword or hang them on the gallows for sport to the fowls of the ...
... wood , and they were weary of wounds , bereft of their king . All the night long he laid siege against them , taunting them that in the morning he would slay them with the sword or hang them on the gallows for sport to the fowls of the ...
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... wood be kindled , and a pyre made on the ship , while the wind blew seaward . Almost dead , he was laid on the pyre and the burning ship sailed out to sea . None of these , however , quite resemble the burial of Scyld , the most ...
... wood be kindled , and a pyre made on the ship , while the wind blew seaward . Almost dead , he was laid on the pyre and the burning ship sailed out to sea . None of these , however , quite resemble the burial of Scyld , the most ...
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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.