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... hath been , nor end cometh now To the eternal Lord ; but he is aye supreme Over heaven - thrones , with high majesty , Righteous and mighty . 6 tion , and is therefore , as it ought to be , strong and forcible . The repetition of the ...
... hath been , nor end cometh now To the eternal Lord ; but he is aye supreme Over heaven - thrones , with high majesty , Righteous and mighty . 6 tion , and is therefore , as it ought to be , strong and forcible . The repetition of the ...
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... hath he not right y - done , In that he us hath fell'd , to the fiery bottom Of this hot hell ; hath heaven's realm bereft us , And it hath destin'd by mankind To be peopled ! That of my sorrows is the greatest , That Adam shall ( he ...
... hath he not right y - done , In that he us hath fell'd , to the fiery bottom Of this hot hell ; hath heaven's realm bereft us , And it hath destin'd by mankind To be peopled ! That of my sorrows is the greatest , That Adam shall ( he ...
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... hath God self Swept into these swart mists , so of sin he may not us convict , That we gainst him , in that land , evil frame . He hath us though of light bereft ! — Hurl'd us to greatest tortures ! Nor may we for this vengeance frame ...
... hath God self Swept into these swart mists , so of sin he may not us convict , That we gainst him , in that land , evil frame . He hath us though of light bereft ! — Hurl'd us to greatest tortures ! Nor may we for this vengeance frame ...
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... hath bidden . Then gainst them wrath at heart he ' ll be , Will drive them from his favour - then must they seek this hell , And these grim gulfs ; then mote we them for subjects have- The sons of men - in this fast bondage . Begin ye ...
... hath bidden . Then gainst them wrath at heart he ' ll be , Will drive them from his favour - then must they seek this hell , And these grim gulfs ; then mote we them for subjects have- The sons of men - in this fast bondage . Begin ye ...
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... hath broke . Cor . 5 We meet very commonly , in A.S. poetry , with the phrases eald laf , yrfe laf , heatho laf , hamera laf , & c . , as expressions for the sword . Price always gives to laf its common meaning , and is followed , in so ...
... hath broke . Cor . 5 We meet very commonly , in A.S. poetry , with the phrases eald laf , yrfe laf , heatho laf , hamera laf , & c . , as expressions for the sword . Price always gives to laf its common meaning , and is followed , in so ...
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accentual verse Alexandrine alliteration alliterative Anglo-Saxon appears ballet-stave Beowulf burthen Cadmon Cædmon Chaucer child common couplet criticism dialect doth early earth English poetry Eormanric fifteenth final rhime five accents following staves four accents Harl hath heaven hexameters hire Iambic Iambic Tetrameter imitation inflexion interwoven rhime interwoven stave kind king land language Latin Layamon lengthening lollai Lord meaning metre metrical point Milton mixed rhime monk Myrgings Norman notice o'er original Ormulum passage peculiarities poem poet probably prose Psalm-metres quoted reader rhythm Robert of Brunne Romance Romance poetry roundle sectional rhime seems sixteenth century sometimes song specimen Spenser Spenser-stave stanza stave stave of four syllables Tetrameter thær thæt thair thee ther thirteenth century Thorpe thou tion translation tumbling twelfth century verb verse of five versification virelay wæs word writer written wrote