An Essay on the Origin, Progress, and Decline of Rhyming Latin Verse; with Many Specimens |
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... rules of art . In some kinds of poetry , the ballad for instance , the regular return of the same words , in the shape of a refrain , burden , or chorus , is always popular , and generally pleasing- Ducite ab urbe domum , mea carmina ...
... rules of art . In some kinds of poetry , the ballad for instance , the regular return of the same words , in the shape of a refrain , burden , or chorus , is always popular , and generally pleasing- Ducite ab urbe domum , mea carmina ...
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... rules 16. The sublime poetry of the Edda was only committed to writing by Sæmund , as late as the year 1057 , but it was composed from ancient tra- ditions , and much of it was of an indefinite antiquity , and existed before the ninth ...
... rules 16. The sublime poetry of the Edda was only committed to writing by Sæmund , as late as the year 1057 , but it was composed from ancient tra- ditions , and much of it was of an indefinite antiquity , and existed before the ninth ...
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... rules of prosody were at first so pedantically observed , that they produced a monotonous unifor- mity : but they were gradually neglected , and verses were at last distinguished chiefly by the number of syllables , and the accent , or ...
... rules of prosody were at first so pedantically observed , that they produced a monotonous unifor- mity : but they were gradually neglected , and verses were at last distinguished chiefly by the number of syllables , and the accent , or ...
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... rules for a convivial entertain- ment : Nemo cibum capiat - donec benedictio fiat , Privetur mensa - qui spreverit hæc documenta . Dum manducatis- Another specimen : Arbore sub - qua- Quod primus A- Sed postremus A- Damna prioris A- Si ...
... rules for a convivial entertain- ment : Nemo cibum capiat - donec benedictio fiat , Privetur mensa - qui spreverit hæc documenta . Dum manducatis- Another specimen : Arbore sub - qua- Quod primus A- Sed postremus A- Damna prioris A- Si ...
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... rules of monkish discipline . Besides other works , he left some poems written with considerable elegance 62 . His epistle to Hunaldus is a double acrostic upon their names . That to Fedolius is in the adonic metre , and begins : 1 ...
... rules of monkish discipline . Besides other works , he left some poems written with considerable elegance 62 . His epistle to Hunaldus is a double acrostic upon their names . That to Fedolius is in the adonic metre , and begins : 1 ...
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ALEXANDER CROKE Alithia alliteration amongst amor Antiq atque beginning benè Bibat bishop carmina causa Cave celebrated century Christi Commodianus cordis Cotton library cujus cuncta Deus dialects Dissert Domini Eberhardus Ecclesiæ eorum ergo etiam Fabrit facta Fagia flos fuit gloria Gothic Hæc Henry the third Hist hundred hymn igne illa Juxta crucem Leonine verse Leoninus Leyser lines Malchus malè manibus manuscript master metre mihi mœnia monk mortis mundus Muratori Nihil nisi nobis nonnum nunc Olaus Wormius omnes omnia poem poets prose Pseustis pulcra Quæ quam quia quid Quisquis quod rebus Rege rhyme rhyming Latin Saint Saint Patrick satis semper sibi sine specimens spem stanzas style sunt tali tamen tibi Trithemius tunc Undè Veni versus Vide vinum Virgin Virgo vitæ Warton William the conqueror writers written wrote
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Page 138 - Eia Mater, fons amoris, me sentire vim doloris fac, ut tecum lugeam. Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum ut sibi complaceam.
Page 128 - Pange, lingua, gloriosi corporis mysterium, sanguinisque pretiosi quem in mundi pretium fructus ventris generosi rex effudit gentium. Nobis datus, nobis natus ex intacta virgine, et in mundo conversatus, sparso verbi semine, sui moras incolatus miro clausit ordine.
Page 136 - Et ab hoedis me sequestra. Statuens in parte dextra. Confutatis maledictis, Flammis acribus addictis, Voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, Cor contritum quasi cinis : Gere curam mei finis.
Page 134 - Tuorum fidelium. Sine Tuo numine Nihil est in homine, Nihil est innoxium. Lava quod est sordidum, Riga quod est aridum, Sana quod est saucium, Flecte quod est rigidum, Fove quod est frigidum, Rege quod est devium.
Page 136 - Ingemisco tanquam reus, culpa rubet vultus meus ; supplicanti parce, Deus. Qui Mariam absolvisti et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti ; Preces meae non sunt dignae, sed tu, bonus, fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne.
Page 100 - Mihi est propositum in taberna mori ; Vinum sit appositum morientis ori : Ut dicant, cum venerint, angelorum chori, Deus sit propitius huic potatori. Poculis accenditur animi lucerna, Cor imbutum nectare volat ad superna ; Mihi sapit dulcius vinum in taberna Quam quod aqua miscuit prssulis pincerna.
Page 107 - Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo: Et folium ejus non defluet: et omnia quaecumque faciet.
Page 135 - Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae, Ne me perdas illa die. Quaerens me, sedisti lassus ; Redemisti, crucem passus : Tantus labor non sit cassus.
Page 138 - Donec ego vixero. Juxta crucem tecum stare / Et me tibi sociare / In planctu desidero. Virgo virginum praeclara / Mihi jam non sis amara / Fac, me tecum plangere.
Page 135 - Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla ; Teste David cum Sibylla. Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus ! Tuba mirum spargens sonum Per sepulchra regionum, Coget omnes ante thronum. Mors stupebit et natura, Cum resurget Creatura, Judicanti responsura. Liber scriptus proferetur, In quo totum continetur, Unde mundus judicetur. Judex ergo cum sedebit, Quidquid latet apparebit : Nil inultum remanebit.