Great English Writers, Volume 1Oscar James Campbell, Hardin Craig, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Joseph Morris Thomas F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 A chronological rearrangement, with many additions, of the material included in the editors' Great English poets and Great English prose writers. cf. Pref. |
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... head ; and how Beowulf with his little band of Geatmen marched in triumph back to Heorot with Grendel's head dangling by hair from a spear - shaft borne on the shoulders of four . For he saw ' mongst the war - gear one victorious bill ...
... head ; and how Beowulf with his little band of Geatmen marched in triumph back to Heorot with Grendel's head dangling by hair from a spear - shaft borne on the shoulders of four . For he saw ' mongst the war - gear one victorious bill ...
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... head of his good horse ; Fair , flowing tresses enfolded his shoulders , 180 And big as a bush a beard hung on his breast . This , and the hair from his head hanging splen- did , Was clipped off evenly over his elbows , In cut like a ...
... head of his good horse ; Fair , flowing tresses enfolded his shoulders , 180 And big as a bush a beard hung on his breast . This , and the hair from his head hanging splen- did , Was clipped off evenly over his elbows , In cut like a ...
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... head In the artic sky , and from his horrid hair 710 Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Levelled his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke intend ; and such a frown Each cast at the other as when two black clouds ...
... head In the artic sky , and from his horrid hair 710 Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Levelled his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke intend ; and such a frown Each cast at the other as when two black clouds ...
Contents
PRECHAUCERIAN POETRY | 1 |
English Prose from the Beginnings | 237 |
OF ANGER | 267 |
Copyright | |
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