A History of English Rhythms, Band 2William Pickering, 1838 |
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accentual verses adjective Alexandrine alliteration alliterative Anglo-Saxon appears Arthur ballet-stave Beowulf burthen Cædmon Chaucer child common couplet dialect doth earth Engle English poetry Eormanric final rhime five accents four accents fourteenth century gode Harl hath heaven hexameters hire Horn Iambic inflexion interwoven king land language Latin Layamon Lord meaning metre metrical point Milton monk Myrgings Norman northern dialect notice o'er Old English original Ormulum passage peculiarities plural poem poet poetry probably Psalm-metres quoted reader rhime rhythm Robert of Brunne Romance Romance poetry sectional rhime seems singular sixteenth century sometimes song specimen stanza stave stave of four syllables Tetrameter thær thæt thair tham thatt thee ther thirteenth century Thorpe thou thurrh translation Tristrem Trochaic twelfth century verb verse versification virelay wæs word writer written wrote