The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred, Volume 2Macmillan, 1892 - 502 páginas |
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... warriors with whom he companied , and in whose camps he sang , but most " Wudga and Hama " ( both of whom become personages in the hero sagas ) , " not the worst of my friends , though I name them the last . " Then in four lines he ...
... warriors with whom he companied , and in whose camps he sang , but most " Wudga and Hama " ( both of whom become personages in the hero sagas ) , " not the worst of my friends , though I name them the last . " Then in four lines he ...
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... warriors , Then , leaving out verses 131-134 , which are an interpolation , the Traveller ends his verses by a description of the wandering singer and of the glory of his art . Thus , drifting on , the glee- men rove through many lands ...
... warriors , Then , leaving out verses 131-134 , which are an interpolation , the Traveller ends his verses by a description of the wandering singer and of the glory of his art . Thus , drifting on , the glee- men rove through many lands ...
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... warriors in various lands , knit together by a common bond of admiration the heroes of diverse peoples , and made the great stories the common property of the Teutonic tribes . As Widsith is the picture of the poet in his happiness ...
... warriors in various lands , knit together by a common bond of admiration the heroes of diverse peoples , and made the great stories the common property of the Teutonic tribes . As Widsith is the picture of the poet in his happiness ...
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... warriors who roved for plunder ; but he sang a different kind of song to the elder and wiser men . And we may judge from all that is left to us that these songs of " wisdom " were the great sagas like Beowulf , tales of law and justice ...
... warriors who roved for plunder ; but he sang a different kind of song to the elder and wiser men . And we may judge from all that is left to us that these songs of " wisdom " were the great sagas like Beowulf , tales of law and justice ...
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... warriors made when they laid their lips to the upper rim of the shield and hummed into it and over it . With this music they kindled themselves to battle , and according to its tone they foretold the issue of the fight . In the Annals ...
... warriors made when they laid their lips to the upper rim of the shield and hummed into it and over it . With this music they kindled themselves to battle , and according to its tone they foretold the issue of the fight . In the Annals ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian 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