A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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Page 91
... Cadmon . These writers give us the Latin accents , whenever it suits their rhythm . During the 14th century we got even our Latin from the French . Latin names were , accordingly , often used with French accents , and that to the very ...
... Cadmon . These writers give us the Latin accents , whenever it suits their rhythm . During the 14th century we got even our Latin from the French . Latin names were , accordingly , often used with French accents , and that to the very ...
Page 127
... Cadmon . The waters from the waters , -those that yet won Under the firmament . Cadmon . Swil cum and swil cum : thu meaht sweatole ongitan . By such and such things thou mayst plainly see , & c . Light ly and brightly : breaks away The ...
... Cadmon . The waters from the waters , -those that yet won Under the firmament . Cadmon . Swil cum and swil cum : thu meaht sweatole ongitan . By such and such things thou mayst plainly see , & c . Light ly and brightly : breaks away The ...
Page 128
... Cadmon . Garsecg theahte Sweart synnihte : wide and side Wonne wegas . Ocean cover'd Black with lasting - night , wide and far Wan pathways . Cadmon . Ofer lichoman : læn❘ne and sæn | ne . Over the body weak and sluggish . Alfred . The ...
... Cadmon . Garsecg theahte Sweart synnihte : wide and side Wonne wegas . Ocean cover'd Black with lasting - night , wide and far Wan pathways . Cadmon . Ofer lichoman : læn❘ne and sæn | ne . Over the body weak and sluggish . Alfred . The ...
Page 131
... Cadmon . His bod a beod an : thy ic wat he inc abolgen wyrth . Nor may his herald , His errand do ; therefore , I wot , with you enrag'd he'll be . To rule the kingdom both wee left and fell , To warring , jarring : like two hounds of ...
... Cadmon . His bod a beod an : thy ic wat he inc abolgen wyrth . Nor may his herald , His errand do ; therefore , I wot , with you enrag'd he'll be . To rule the kingdom both wee left and fell , To warring , jarring : like two hounds of ...
Page 133
... Cadmon . Cadmon . Arm'd thee or charm'd | thee strong which thou from heav'n , : Feignd'st at thy birth was giv'n thee , in thy hair . If no mishap men's doings did assail , Or that their acts | and facts : were innocent . Samson ...
... Cadmon . Cadmon . Arm'd thee or charm'd | thee strong which thou from heav'n , : Feignd'st at thy birth was giv'n thee , in thy hair . If no mishap men's doings did assail , Or that their acts | and facts : were innocent . Samson ...
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accented syllable adjective alliteration alliterative couplet Anglo-Saxon poems Anglo-Saxon verse Bonduca Bruce Burns Cadmon Cæd century Chau Chaucer common compound section Comus consonant couplet Cynthia's Revels dialects dipthong dissyllable doth doubt dramatists Drayton elided elision English rhythms eyes final rhime five accents Fletcher four accents gret hallig hath Jons King Knightes Tale L'Allegro lable language Latin Layamon Lear letters Lord metre middle pause Milton occasionally Olaus Wormius old English orthography Othello Ploughman poetry poets preposition Prol pronounced pronunciation Puttenham quantity rare rhime rhiming syllables rule Sackville Samson Agon sectional pause short vowel Shrew Siege of Leith six accents sometimes Song sound Spenser substantive thee ther thou three accents triple measure tumbling verse Tusser unaccented syllable verb verse of four verse of six Verses beginning verses of five vowel wæs Wallace word writers