The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Ælfred, Volume 2Macmillan, 1892 - 502 páginas |
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... sing- ing memorable gifts . " Born among the Myrgings , ' he became the singer of the court , and while still young went , in this capac- ity , " with Queen Ealdhild the weaver of peace , " the daughter of Eadwine and the wife of ...
... sing- ing memorable gifts . " Born among the Myrgings , ' he became the singer of the court , and while still young went , in this capac- ity , " with Queen Ealdhild the weaver of peace , " the daughter of Eadwine and the wife of ...
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... singing Where beneath the sky Of all gold - embroidered queens Scilling then and with him I , Lifted up the lay ... sings , " when with hard swords the host of the Hreads had to guard the old fatherland against the bands of Ætla ( Attila ) ...
... singing Where beneath the sky Of all gold - embroidered queens Scilling then and with him I , Lifted up the lay ... sings , " when with hard swords the host of the Hreads had to guard the old fatherland against the bands of Ætla ( Attila ) ...
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... singing from court to court . this fashion he became the travelling geographer and historian , the bringer of news , the man who , by singing the great deeds of warriors in various lands , knit together by a common bond of admiration ...
... singing from court to court . this fashion he became the travelling geographer and historian , the bringer of news , the man who , by singing the great deeds of warriors in various lands , knit together by a common bond of admiration ...
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... singing . " Now , " he says , " I will say concerning my- self " of the Heodenings : Deor was my name . me Whilom was I Scôp Dear unto my Lord ! Well my service was to Loving was my Lord ; Skilled in song the man ! That the guard of ...
... singing . " Now , " he says , " I will say concerning my- self " of the Heodenings : Deor was my name . me Whilom was I Scôp Dear unto my Lord ! Well my service was to Loving was my Lord ; Skilled in song the man ! That the guard of ...
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... singing of a stranger , since he is new to them , more than the singing of their own bards . Deor's , a fixed place , with an appointment of 8 CHAP . EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... singing of a stranger , since he is new to them , more than the singing of their own bards . Deor's , a fixed place , with an appointment of 8 CHAP . EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon poetry Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian cliffs coast conjecture Cuthbert Cynewulf Danes death dragon Ealdhelm earth Ecgberht eighth century Elene England English poetry Exeter Book Fates fight Geat Genesis glory Grendel Grendel's mother Guthlac hall hand heart heathen Heaven hell helm Hengest Heorot hero holy host Hrothgar 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 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 305 - 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 304 - 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 304 - 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 306 - As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala...
Página 150 - His colour sicken'd more and more, He faded into age ; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage.
Página 304 - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail...
Página 430 - 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 312 - 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.
Página 502 - Mr. Saintsbury has produced a most useful, first-hand survey— comprehensive, compendious, and spirited — of that unique period of literary history when " all the muses still were in their prime." One knows not where else to look for so well-proportioned and well-ordered conspectus of the astonishingly varied and rich products of the teeming English mind during the century that begins with Tottel's Miscellany and the birth of Bacon, and closes with the Restoration.
Página 317 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them...