The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical StudyClarendon Press, 1997 - 552 Seiten Why do people sing hymns? Are hymns poetry? What makes a good hymn? The author discusses the nature of hymns and their particular appeal, examines the English hymn as a literary form, and systematically describes its development through four centuries, from the Reformation to the mid-twentieth century. |
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... give . The formality of the patterning gives a decorous shape to the proceed- ings , a quasi - legal formality which orders the extreme and demanding contract , the total surrender of the self to God . Baxter's control is formid- able ...
... give . The formality of the patterning gives a decorous shape to the proceed- ings , a quasi - legal formality which orders the extreme and demanding contract , the total surrender of the self to God . Baxter's control is formid- able ...
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... gives room for these successive movements , as it does in Psalm 92 : Sweet is the work , my God , my King To praise thy name , give thanks and sing , To show thy love by morning light , And talk of all thy truth at night . The rhythm ...
... gives room for these successive movements , as it does in Psalm 92 : Sweet is the work , my God , my King To praise thy name , give thanks and sing , To show thy love by morning light , And talk of all thy truth at night . The rhythm ...
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... give Him , Give my heart . Christina Rossetti is no figure in the story : she is no shepherd , no wise man . She sees herself as poor - ' Poor as I am ' . Like so many of her short lines , this carries with it a tremendous charge , her ...
... give Him , Give my heart . Christina Rossetti is no figure in the story : she is no shepherd , no wise man . She sees herself as poor - ' Poor as I am ' . Like so many of her short lines , this carries with it a tremendous charge , her ...
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The State of the Art | 1 |
The Singing of Hymns and the Experience of Metre | 22 |
The Whole Booke of Psalmes | 42 |
Urheberrecht | |
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