University of Wisconsin Studies in Language and Literature, Issues 8-11; Issue 131920 |
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Adoratio alleluia alliterative alliterative verse ALTARE antiphon Antiphona autem Bede Beowulf brother century ceremonial CHORO CHORUM CHORUS Christi Chronicle Corambis CORPUS couplet CRUCEM CRUCIS death Dehmel DEINDE Depositio Depositio and Elevatio Deus Dietrich Easter edition eius Elevatio English F₁ father Fichte Gamelyn Germanic Goethe Gott grief Hamlet Hebbel History hoard Hölderlin Holy Thursday Horatio Host human Hygelac Ibid individual King Leartes Leben lines liturgical lord Matins matriarchy metrical Milton modern moral nature Nennius nephew Nietzsche Novalis omnes Ordo Ortnit pantheism passage pity poem poet Q₁ Q₂ quæ quam Quarto Queen quod Responsorium rhymed rubric SACERDOS scansion second half-lines sentimental SEPULCHRO sepulchrum Sepulto Domino sister's soul stanza story stresses suffering SUPER Surrexit Dominus Tacitus thee thou tion translation TUNC Übermensch uncle vero verse Versus Visitatio Volsungasaga Welt Wheloc Wolfhart word Wordsworth
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Page 55 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 53 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Page 58 - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.
Page 53 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Page 42 - It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 21 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 54 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Page 19 - Dauernden Erde, Reicht er nicht auf, Nur mit der Eiche Oder der Rebe Sich zu vergleichen. Was unterscheidet Götter von Menschen? Daß viele Wellen Vor jenen wandeln, Ein ewiger Strom: Uns hebt die Welle, Verschlingt die Welle, Und wir versinken. Ein kleiner Ring Begrenzt unser Leben, Und viele Geschlechter Reihen sich dauernd An ihres Daseins Unendliche Kette.
Page 20 - I trust is their destiny, to console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy happier, to teach the young and the gracious of every age, to see, to think and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous...
Page 61 - May do, to express his love and friending to you, God willing, shall not lack. Let us go in together; And still your fingers on your lips, I pray. The time is out of joint ; — O cursed spite! That ever I was born to set it right!