National EpicsA.C. McClurg, 1896 - 398 من الصفحات |
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... called " the simple truth about the matter of the poem . " It is believed that the sketch prefacing each story , giving briefly the length , versi- fication , and history of the poem , will have its value to those readers who have not ...
... called " the simple truth about the matter of the poem . " It is believed that the sketch prefacing each story , giving briefly the length , versi- fication , and history of the poem , will have its value to those readers who have not ...
الصفحة 29
... called Upakhyanani , and the five most beautiful are called , in India , the five precious stones . Its historical basis is the strife between the Aryan invaders of India and the original inhabitants , illustrated in the strife between ...
... called Upakhyanani , and the five most beautiful are called , in India , the five precious stones . Its historical basis is the strife between the Aryan invaders of India and the original inhabitants , illustrated in the strife between ...
الصفحة 31
... called the Pan- davas , the eldest of whom was Yudhi - sthira , the second Bhima , the third Arjuna , and the youngest , twin sons , Nakalu and Sahadeva . All were gifted in every way , but Arjuna was especially noble in form and ...
... called the Pan- davas , the eldest of whom was Yudhi - sthira , the second Bhima , the third Arjuna , and the youngest , twin sons , Nakalu and Sahadeva . All were gifted in every way , but Arjuna was especially noble in form and ...
الصفحة 39
... called the names of all those persons who had been slain at Kuruk - shetra . Immediately the water began to foam and boil , and to the great surprise and terror of all , the warriors lost in the great battle appeared in their chariots ...
... called the names of all those persons who had been slain at Kuruk - shetra . Immediately the water began to foam and boil , and to the great surprise and terror of all , the warriors lost in the great battle appeared in their chariots ...
الصفحة 40
... to be shown the path to hell , to enter which he walked over razors , and trod under foot mangled human forms . But joy of joys ! The lotus - eyed Draupadi called to him , and his brothers cried that his 40 NATIONAL EPICS .
... to be shown the path to hell , to enter which he walked over razors , and trod under foot mangled human forms . But joy of joys ! The lotus - eyed Draupadi called to him , and his brothers cried that his 40 NATIONAL EPICS .
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Achilles Æneas Æneid Arjuna armor arms battle Beatrice beautiful Beowulf Bhima blood Bradamant brother Brunhild Charlemagne Christian cried Dante daughter death deeds divine DIVINE COMEDY Draupadi earth epic eyes father fear fell fire flames fled forest Gama glory gold Greeks Grendel grief Günther Hagan hand harp hast hastened hath heard heart Heaven Hector Hell hero Hrothgar Iliad Ilmarinen Jerusalem Delivered Kalevala Kauravas king Kriemhild land lord Louhi Lusiad maid maiden mighty Moors mother night noble o'er Olivier Orlando palace Pallas Pandavas Paradise Paradise Lost Patroclus poem poet Pohyola prince queen rage Raja Rama Rinaldo Rogero Roland Rollánd rose Rüdeger Rustem Satan sent Siegfried slain slay slew song Song of Roland soul spake spirit steed stood story suitors sword tears Telemachus thee thou throne took Translation Trojans Troy Turnus Ulysses Vergil Wainamoinen warriors wife youth Yudhi-sthira Zerbino
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الصفحة 381 - 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 ? Be...
الصفحة 383 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity...
الصفحة 381 - Hail, horrors ! hail, Infernal World ! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
الصفحة 383 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt « Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
الصفحة 382 - Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand — He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.
الصفحة 381 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...
الصفحة 398 - Meroe Nilotic isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Blackmoor sea ; From the Asian kings and Parthian among these, From India, and the golden Chersonese, And utmost Indian isle, Taprobane, Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreathed ; From Gallia, Gades, and the British west ; Germans, and Scythians, and Sarmatians, north Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.
الصفحة 397 - From cold septentrion blasts ; thence in the midst Divided by a river, of whose banks On each side an imperial city stood, With towers and temples proudly elevate On seven small hills, with palaces adorned,, Porches and theatres, baths, aqueducts, Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs, Gardens and groves, presented to his eyes...
الصفحة 384 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
الصفحة 382 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.