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... Poets . - 2 . Cædmon . - 3 . His Paraphrase . - 4 . Beo wulf . — 5 . Aldhelm . - 6 . Other Poets . - 7 . Mechanism of First ... poet in English literature is Cædmon . 2. It appears that , in the year 657 , a holy woman , the Abbess Hilda ...
... Poets . - 2 . Cædmon . - 3 . His Paraphrase . - 4 . Beo wulf . — 5 . Aldhelm . - 6 . Other Poets . - 7 . Mechanism of First ... poet in English literature is Cædmon . 2. It appears that , in the year 657 , a holy woman , the Abbess Hilda ...
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... poets , Cadmon and the unknown author of " Beowulf , " were doubtless the greatest poets in our First Eng- lish period ; but ... poet ; played , it is said , all the instruments of music used in his time . His letters and his Latin verse ...
... poets , Cadmon and the unknown author of " Beowulf , " were doubtless the greatest poets in our First Eng- lish period ; but ... poet ; played , it is said , all the instruments of music used in his time . His letters and his Latin verse ...
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... poet and wit , a spiritual man of genius . He fought with his own weapons against the prevalent corruption of the clergy . While he was at court , there began to pass from hand to hand copies of Latin verse purporting to be poems of a ...
... poet and wit , a spiritual man of genius . He fought with his own weapons against the prevalent corruption of the clergy . While he was at court , there began to pass from hand to hand copies of Latin verse purporting to be poems of a ...
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... poet . " He it was who first gave a soul to the KING ARTHUR legends , and from whom we date the beginning of a spiritual harmony between the life of the English people and the forms given to the national hero by our poets . The Latin ...
... poet . " He it was who first gave a soul to the KING ARTHUR legends , and from whom we date the beginning of a spiritual harmony between the life of the English people and the forms given to the national hero by our poets . The Latin ...
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... poet , Thomas of Erceldoune , who produced an English ver- sion of " Sir Tristrem , " and was in repute in his own day , not only as a poet , but as a prophet also . Another of the English productions of this time , but To A.D. 1350 ...
... poet , Thomas of Erceldoune , who produced an English ver- sion of " Sir Tristrem , " and was in repute in his own day , not only as a poet , but as a prophet also . Another of the English productions of this time , but To A.D. 1350 ...
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Page 335 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 324 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 288 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 290 - Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show. To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Page 360 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 523 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 261 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peer?
Page 261 - To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone.
Page 388 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
Page 327 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.