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... Poem . Character of the Author . Lyric , Proverb Poetry . The Owl Contents and Idea of the Relation to the Religious XV . - Growth of English National Feeling . Fusion of Angles and Normans . Constitutional Struggles under Henry III ...
... Poem . Character of the Author . Lyric , Proverb Poetry . The Owl Contents and Idea of the Relation to the Religious XV . - Growth of English National Feeling . Fusion of Angles and Normans . Constitutional Struggles under Henry III ...
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... Poets . Poem in Dialogue . Song to Alysoun . Poetical Debate . The Thrush and Nightingale . Influence of the Secular upon the Religious Lyric . Relation to Nature . Song of Repentance . Winter Song . Easter Song , Religious Songs in ...
... Poets . Poem in Dialogue . Song to Alysoun . Poetical Debate . The Thrush and Nightingale . Influence of the Secular upon the Religious Lyric . Relation to Nature . Song of Repentance . Winter Song . Easter Song , Religious Songs in ...
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... Poem . Do - well , Do - bet , and Do - best . Inter- pretation of the Allegory . Third Revision . Poetical and Religious Allusions . Langland and Wiclif . Langland's Place in English Literature , • · 351-367 APPENDIX . NOTE A - The Poems ...
... Poem . Do - well , Do - bet , and Do - best . Inter- pretation of the Allegory . Third Revision . Poetical and Religious Allusions . Langland and Wiclif . Langland's Place in English Literature , • · 351-367 APPENDIX . NOTE A - The Poems ...
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... poetic conception were some- times blended . Beowulf's return from Heorot to Geataland , and his reception by ... poem and the Icelandic Grettis - saga , to which attention has been called since the appearance of the original text ...
... poetic conception were some- times blended . Beowulf's return from Heorot to Geataland , and his reception by ... poem and the Icelandic Grettis - saga , to which attention has been called since the appearance of the original text ...
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... poem stands at the head of English literature whose subject is the struggle with the waves , and which is permeated by a vivid perception of the sea and of sea life . A great wealth of poetic feeling is revealed in this poem . We are ...
... poem stands at the head of English literature whose subject is the struggle with the waves , and which is permeated by a vivid perception of the sea and of sea life . A great wealth of poetic feeling is revealed in this poem . We are ...
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