Specimens of English Poetry and Prose: Wybor Poezji i Prozy Angielskiej, Volumes 1-2Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1964 - English literature |
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Page 59
... poem and to be the work of Gaedmon . We now know that there are two poems and that probably neither was written by Gaedmon . Genesis A probably written early in the 8th century by a monk in one of the Northern English monasteries ...
... poem and to be the work of Gaedmon . We now know that there are two poems and that probably neither was written by Gaedmon . Genesis A probably written early in the 8th century by a monk in one of the Northern English monasteries ...
Page 79
... poem has been much discussed . Before the poem was discovered in the Vercelli Book , some lines were found and deciphered on an old stone cross at Ruthwell , near Dumfries . These lines , which correspond to certain portions of the poem ...
... poem has been much discussed . Before the poem was discovered in the Vercelli Book , some lines were found and deciphered on an old stone cross at Ruthwell , near Dumfries . These lines , which correspond to certain portions of the poem ...
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... poems in praise of gardens and country life . These tastes are again shown in his well known poem " The Garden " . Another poem of this period , " The Bermudas " , is a beautiful song of praise and thanksgiving by a party of exiles on ...
... poems in praise of gardens and country life . These tastes are again shown in his well known poem " The Garden " . Another poem of this period , " The Bermudas " , is a beautiful song of praise and thanksgiving by a party of exiles on ...
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