Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... dark superstition of the Britons , the bards formed one division of the priesthood , and celebrated their gods and heroes to the music of their rude harps . * Goths who overrun Europe had their scalds or bards , who invoked the warlike ...
... dark superstition of the Britons , the bards formed one division of the priesthood , and celebrated their gods and heroes to the music of their rude harps . * Goths who overrun Europe had their scalds or bards , who invoked the warlike ...
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... darkness of a cavern . It is here that enchanters breathe their incan- tations , where the spell is muttered and the mystery performed , where the knight and the maiden are encompassed by wiles and defended by talismans , until the ...
... darkness of a cavern . It is here that enchanters breathe their incan- tations , where the spell is muttered and the mystery performed , where the knight and the maiden are encompassed by wiles and defended by talismans , until the ...
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... dark thoughts , Haunting untrodden paths , to wail apart ; My pleasures , horror ; music , tragic notes ; Tears in mine eyes , and sorrow at my heart . If this be love - to live a living death ; Then do I love , and draw this weary ...
... dark thoughts , Haunting untrodden paths , to wail apart ; My pleasures , horror ; music , tragic notes ; Tears in mine eyes , and sorrow at my heart . If this be love - to live a living death ; Then do I love , and draw this weary ...
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... darkness and silence of former ages they had lost without a murmur , and the proud authority to which their ancestors had submitted was now looked upon with coldness and distrust . The court was filled with the generous and devoted ...
... darkness and silence of former ages they had lost without a murmur , and the proud authority to which their ancestors had submitted was now looked upon with coldness and distrust . The court was filled with the generous and devoted ...
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... upon the wings Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness , till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Syrens three , She can teach you how to climb Higher than the 61.
... upon the wings Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness , till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Syrens three , She can teach you how to climb Higher than the 61.
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Æneid allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence English English poetry eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal