English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to StevensonHenry Spackman Pancoast H. Holt, 1915 - 816 من الصفحات |
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... less splendid fortitude , lie open to us , with no medium of critic or commentator between their souls and ours . To study literary history in such a fashion is to drink from the fountain - head . Care has also been taken to introduce ...
... less splendid fortitude , lie open to us , with no medium of critic or commentator between their souls and ours . To study literary history in such a fashion is to drink from the fountain - head . Care has also been taken to introduce ...
الصفحة 6
... less protected 2570 Than he hoped it would , for the weapon he held First time that day he tried in battle ; Wyrd had not willed he should win the fight . But the Lord of the Jutes uplifted his arm , 2576 Smote the scaly worm , struck ...
... less protected 2570 Than he hoped it would , for the weapon he held First time that day he tried in battle ; Wyrd had not willed he should win the fight . But the Lord of the Jutes uplifted his arm , 2576 Smote the scaly worm , struck ...
الصفحة 16
... less I found it . But now I freely confess , that such truth evidently appears in this preaching as can confer on us the gifts of life , of salvation , and of eternal happiness . For which reason I advise , O king , that we instantly ...
... less I found it . But now I freely confess , that such truth evidently appears in this preaching as can confer on us the gifts of life , of salvation , and of eternal happiness . For which reason I advise , O king , that we instantly ...
الصفحة 22
... less care is theirs , " and the less they reck how Fate veers , or what she brings . " So ' Even as every craftsman thinks over and marks out his work in his mind ere he take it in hand , and then carries it out altogether , so this 15 ...
... less care is theirs , " and the less they reck how Fate veers , or what she brings . " So ' Even as every craftsman thinks over and marks out his work in his mind ere he take it in hand , and then carries it out altogether , so this 15 ...
الصفحة 33
... less , except it be through guile On part of folk of its own land , as hath been seen erstwhile . 5 From North to South it stretches out in length eight hundred mile , Two hundred miles from East to West in breadth the land extends ...
... less , except it be through guile On part of folk of its own land , as hath been seen erstwhile . 5 From North to South it stretches out in length eight hundred mile , Two hundred miles from East to West in breadth the land extends ...
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Allan-a-Dale Bargrave battle beauty behold Beowulf Binnorie Boethius breast breath called dark dead dear death delight doth dread Duke of Bedford earth England English eyes fair father fear fire flowers glory grace hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven holy honour hour king King Arthur lady land Layamon learning leave light live look Lord mind morning nature never night noble o'er pain pass pleasure poem poet poor praise pray pride prince quoth rich round Saladin Shakespeare sigh sight sing Sir Bedivere Sir Ector Sir Kay Sir Lucan Sir Mordred sleep song sorrow soul spirit sweet sword tears tell thee thine things thou art thought Timor Mortis conturbat tion Twas unto Veal ween weep wind wise words youth
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الصفحة 429 - Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, 'Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
الصفحة 306 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
الصفحة 521 - I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain, when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, 80 ••I silently laugh at my own cenotaph.
الصفحة 494 - Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover! And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, A...
الصفحة 494 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
الصفحة 480 - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower ; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind...
الصفحة 497 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied : Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide ; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar...
الصفحة 509 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
الصفحة 163 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
الصفحة 519 - Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy ! O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?