Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose1910 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page iii
... present time a volume made up wholly of verse gives the impres- sion of a collection of enshrined " classics , " meant either to be admired from a distance or studied with tedious minuteness . On the other hand , a miscellaneous ...
... present time a volume made up wholly of verse gives the impres- sion of a collection of enshrined " classics , " meant either to be admired from a distance or studied with tedious minuteness . On the other hand , a miscellaneous ...
Page iv
... present volume , to give a bit of literary comment than to weight down the poem with notes on events in remote Germanic tradition . On the other hand , wherever a note , of whatever nature , seemed absolutely demanded , no pains have ...
... present volume , to give a bit of literary comment than to weight down the poem with notes on events in remote Germanic tradition . On the other hand , wherever a note , of whatever nature , seemed absolutely demanded , no pains have ...
Page 21
... present life of man , O king , seems to When he so on a certain time did , that he left me , in comparison of that time which is un- the house of the convivial meeting , and was known to us , like to the swift flight of a spar- gone out ...
... present life of man , O king , seems to When he so on a certain time did , that he left me , in comparison of that time which is un- the house of the convivial meeting , and was known to us , like to the swift flight of a spar- gone out ...
Page 29
... present , but after his death , the inheritance of the whole mon- archy of Britain . After this unhappy fate of Bladud , Leir , his son , was advanced to the throne , and nobly governed his country sixty years . He built upon the river ...
... present , but after his death , the inheritance of the whole mon- archy of Britain . After this unhappy fate of Bladud , Leir , his son , was advanced to the throne , and nobly governed his country sixty years . He built upon the river ...
Page 30
... present misery ? The remembrance of the time when vast numbers of men obsequiously attended me in the taking the cities and wasting the enemy's countries , more deeply pierces my heart than the view of my present calamity , which has ...
... present misery ? The remembrance of the time when vast numbers of men obsequiously attended me in the taking the cities and wasting the enemy's countries , more deeply pierces my heart than the view of my present calamity , which has ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arms beauty Beowulf breath called clouds dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth EVERYMAN eyes fair father Faustus fear fire flowers Geats glory gold grace Grendel hand hast hath head Healfdene hear heard heart heaven hell Heorot holy honour hour Hrothgar Hygelac king King Arthur knew lady Lady of Shalott land Leofric light live look Lord Mephistophilis mighty mind moon morning never night noble o'er Old Mortality once pain pass pleasure poem poet praise pray Ralph rest rose round Scyldings ship sing Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sir Kay Sir Lucan sleep song soul sound spirit stars stood sweet sword tell thee thine things thou art thought unto voice waves whan wild wind wolde wonder words wyll