Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... songs . The first poetry of an uncivilized race is always nervous and empassioned , abounding in grand but simple meta- phor , and preserving a tempestuous harmony through its irregular and unequal lines . The impressions of the ...
... songs . The first poetry of an uncivilized race is always nervous and empassioned , abounding in grand but simple meta- phor , and preserving a tempestuous harmony through its irregular and unequal lines . The impressions of the ...
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... songs and tales , and for the exhibition of those feats of activity which formed part of their performance . They were at once poets , vocalists , and jugglers ; and however * Which took place before the seventh century . primitive ...
... songs and tales , and for the exhibition of those feats of activity which formed part of their performance . They were at once poets , vocalists , and jugglers ; and however * Which took place before the seventh century . primitive ...
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... songs of Charlemagne and Roland , and rushed , sword in hand , amidst the Saxon ranks , where he perished . The Norman minstrels are supposed to have been descendants of the scalds , and to have been celebrated in the north of France ...
... songs of Charlemagne and Roland , and rushed , sword in hand , amidst the Saxon ranks , where he perished . The Norman minstrels are supposed to have been descendants of the scalds , and to have been celebrated in the north of France ...
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... songs ; and Langlande , the author of the Visions of Piers Plowman . Yet these were but unworthy precursors of Chaucer . Their poetry was generally vague , tedious , and obscure , their language harsh and unsettled ; their fancies weak ...
... songs ; and Langlande , the author of the Visions of Piers Plowman . Yet these were but unworthy precursors of Chaucer . Their poetry was generally vague , tedious , and obscure , their language harsh and unsettled ; their fancies weak ...
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... songs which are still popular . SIR PHILIP SYDNEY , who , for his accomplishments and the similarity of their positions , has been compared to Surrey , was at once a hero , a politician , and a poet . Refined in his manners , chivalrous ...
... songs which are still popular . SIR PHILIP SYDNEY , who , for his accomplishments and the similarity of their positions , has been compared to Surrey , was at once a hero , a politician , and a poet . Refined in his manners , chivalrous ...
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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