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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... thought are similar : The birds that wake the morning , and those that love the shade ; The winds that sweep the mountain or lull the drowsy glade , The sun that from his amber bower rejoiceth on his way , The moon and stars , their ...
... thought are similar : The birds that wake the morning , and those that love the shade ; The winds that sweep the mountain or lull the drowsy glade , The sun that from his amber bower rejoiceth on his way , The moon and stars , their ...
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... thought the same way : Poetry lends Religion her wealth of symbols and similes : Religion restores these again to Poetry , clothed with so splendid a radiance that they appear to be no longer merely symbols , but to partake ( I might ...
... thought the same way : Poetry lends Religion her wealth of symbols and similes : Religion restores these again to Poetry , clothed with so splendid a radiance that they appear to be no longer merely symbols , but to partake ( I might ...
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... thought , stood ' absolutely upon the line'.2 In the same spirit , he thought that Cowper's ' O for a closer walk with God ' ought to be ' rejected altogether from a public hymnal'.29 Eller- ton's masterpiece , " The day thou gavest ...
... thought , stood ' absolutely upon the line'.2 In the same spirit , he thought that Cowper's ' O for a closer walk with God ' ought to be ' rejected altogether from a public hymnal'.29 Eller- ton's masterpiece , " The day thou gavest ...
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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 |
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