The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King ÆlfredBooks for Libraries Press, 1905 - 502 páginas |
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... " THE DISCOURSE OF THE SOUL TO THE BODY " AND " THE ELEGIAC POEMS CYNEWULF UNSIGNED POEMS EITHER BY CYNEWULF OR BY MEN 315 • 325 332 341 352 371 387 408 444 459 493 THE MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF ANGLO - SAXON POETRY xiii.
... " THE DISCOURSE OF THE SOUL TO THE BODY " AND " THE ELEGIAC POEMS CYNEWULF UNSIGNED POEMS EITHER BY CYNEWULF OR BY MEN 315 • 325 332 341 352 371 387 408 444 459 493 THE MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF ANGLO - SAXON POETRY xiii.
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... Soul to its Body , Deor , Riddles 1–60 , The Wife's Complaint , The Descent into Hell , Riddle 61 , The Message of a Lover , The Ruin , Riddles 62-89 . Others , either of little value or later than the eighth century , are also ...
... Soul to its Body , Deor , Riddles 1–60 , The Wife's Complaint , The Descent into Hell , Riddle 61 , The Message of a Lover , The Ruin , Riddles 62-89 . Others , either of little value or later than the eighth century , are also ...
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... soul that earl , To companionship he had Winter - freezing wretchedness . After that Nithhad Staggering sinew - wounds Woe he found again , again , in a Need had laid him- - sorrow - smitten man ! That he overwent ; this also may I. was ...
... soul that earl , To companionship he had Winter - freezing wretchedness . After that Nithhad Staggering sinew - wounds Woe he found again , again , in a Need had laid him- - sorrow - smitten man ! That he overwent ; this also may I. was ...
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... soul . So , then , he who knows many songs and can greet the harp with his hands , hath the less of vain longing , for he hath in himself his gift of joy which God gave to him . " The joyousness of the gift is expressed by many words ...
... soul . So , then , he who knows many songs and can greet the harp with his hands , hath the less of vain longing , for he hath in himself his gift of joy which God gave to him . " The joyousness of the gift is expressed by many words ...
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... soul , None of men can say , nor in hall the rulers , who took up that lading . Beowulf , 11. 30-40 , 47-52 . Thus ... souls pass over an unknown water to the realms beyond , and it may be that this belief was one of the reasons why the ...
... soul , None of men can say , nor in hall the rulers , who took up that lading . Beowulf , 11. 30-40 , 47-52 . Thus ... souls pass over an unknown water to the realms beyond , and it may be that this belief was one of the reasons why the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew angels Anglo-Saxon poetry 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 Northumbria o'er ocean passage phrase poem poet poetic riddle Roman Rood runes saga sang says Sceaf Scyld seems 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 307 - To waste his whole creation, or possess All as our own, and drive as we were driven The puny habitants ; or if not drive, Seduce them to our party, that their God May prove their foe, and with repenting hand Abolish his own works. This would surpass...
Página 152 - They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe ; And still, as signs of life appear'd, They toss'd him to and fro.
Página 306 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel, " this the seat That we must change for Heaven? — this mournful gloom For that celestial light...
Página 152 - His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. The sober Autumn enter'd mild, When he grew wan and pale ; His bending joints and drooping head Show'd he began to fail. His colour sicken'd more and more, He faded into age ; And then his enemies began To shew their deadly rage.
Página 306 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe...
Página 424 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam The pilot of some small night-founder'd 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 306 - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail...
Página 152 - And they hae taen his very heart's blood, And drank it round and round; And still the more and more they drank, Their joy did more abound. John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise ; For if you do but taste his blood, Twill make your courage rise. 'Twill make a man forget his woe; 'Twill heighten all his joy : 'Twill make the widow's heart to sing, Tho
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...
Página 497 - Mr. Gosse's book is one for the student because of its fulness, its trustworthiness, and its thorough soundness of criticisms; and one for the general reader because of its pleasantness and interest. It is a book, indeed, not easy to put down or to part with.