National EpicsA.C. McClurg, 1896 - 398 من الصفحات |
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... once in a nation's growth . Its later epics must be written on subjects of national import- ance , chosen by the poet , who arranges and embel- lishes his material according to the rules of the primitive epic . To this class belong the ...
... once in a nation's growth . Its later epics must be written on subjects of national import- ance , chosen by the poet , who arranges and embel- lishes his material according to the rules of the primitive epic . To this class belong the ...
الصفحة 13
... once made . For this reason , Ravana , the demon god of Ceylon , stood on his head in the midst of five fires for ten thousand years , and at the end of that time boldly demanded of Brahma as a re- ward that he should not be slain by ...
... once made . For this reason , Ravana , the demon god of Ceylon , stood on his head in the midst of five fires for ten thousand years , and at the end of that time boldly demanded of Brahma as a re- ward that he should not be slain by ...
الصفحة 14
... once determined to accomplish the feat , which had been essayed in vain by so many suitors . When he pre- sented himself at court Janaka was at once won by his youth and beauty ; and when the mighty bow , resting upon an eight- wheeled ...
... once determined to accomplish the feat , which had been essayed in vain by so many suitors . When he pre- sented himself at court Janaka was at once won by his youth and beauty ; and when the mighty bow , resting upon an eight- wheeled ...
الصفحة 15
... once given , cannot be revoked . In spite of the grief of the old Raja , of Kausalya , his old wife , and of all the people , who were at the point of revolt at the sudden disgrace of their favorite prince , the terrible news was ...
... once given , cannot be revoked . In spite of the grief of the old Raja , of Kausalya , his old wife , and of all the people , who were at the point of revolt at the sudden disgrace of their favorite prince , the terrible news was ...
الصفحة 17
... once marched upon Kish- kindha , together slew Bali , and gained possession of the wealthy city and the queen Tara . They were now ready to search for the lost Sita . In his quest through every land , Hanuman , the monkey general ...
... once marched upon Kish- kindha , together slew Bali , and gained possession of the wealthy city and the queen Tara . They were now ready to search for the lost Sita . In his quest through every land , Hanuman , the monkey general ...
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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.