Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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Page 32
... fair to syht . At Brunenbruc in stour they faught ; Fiercer fray was never wraught . Maille was split , and helmis roven , The wall of shieldis down they cloven . The Thanis which cold with Edmond fare To meet the fomen well were yare ...
... fair to syht . At Brunenbruc in stour they faught ; Fiercer fray was never wraught . Maille was split , and helmis roven , The wall of shieldis down they cloven . The Thanis which cold with Edmond fare To meet the fomen well were yare ...
Page 73
... fair specimen of Layamon's phraseology . And as it does not contain any word which we are under the necessity of referring to a French origin , we cannot but consider it as simple and unmixed , though very barbarous Saxon . At the same ...
... fair specimen of Layamon's phraseology . And as it does not contain any word which we are under the necessity of referring to a French origin , we cannot but consider it as simple and unmixed , though very barbarous Saxon . At the same ...
Page 87
... fair abbèy Of white monkes , and of grey ; There beth bowers , and halls ; All of pasties beth the walls , Of flesh , of fish , and a rich meat , The likefullest that man may eat . Flouren - cakes beth the shingles 3 all Of church ...
... fair abbèy Of white monkes , and of grey ; There beth bowers , and halls ; All of pasties beth the walls , Of flesh , of fish , and a rich meat , The likefullest that man may eat . Flouren - cakes beth the shingles 3 all Of church ...
Page 88
... fair and light , Broad and long of seemly sight . The pillars of that cloister all Beth y - turned of chrystal , With harlas 3 and capital Of green jaspe and red coràl . In the praer is a tree , Swithe 5 likeful for to see . The root is ...
... fair and light , Broad and long of seemly sight . The pillars of that cloister all Beth y - turned of chrystal , With harlas 3 and capital Of green jaspe and red coràl . In the praer is a tree , Swithe 5 likeful for to see . The root is ...
Page 93
... fair procession . Another abbey is thereby , Forsooth a great fair nunnery : Up a river of sweet milk , Where is plenty great of silk . When the summer's day is hot , The young nunnes taketh a boat , And doth ham forth in that rivere ...
... fair procession . Another abbey is thereby , Forsooth a great fair nunnery : Up a river of sweet milk , Where is plenty great of silk . When the summer's day is hot , The young nunnes taketh a boat , And doth ham forth in that rivere ...
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