From Beowulf to Edward GibbonRobert Shafer Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 - English literature |
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Page 41
... stood beside the river - shore . 40 Neither could reach the other there - be- tween them flowed the tide ; For after ebb the flood rolled up , it filled the channel wide . God only knows which of us twain shall hold the field to - day ...
... stood beside the river - shore . 40 Neither could reach the other there - be- tween them flowed the tide ; For after ebb the flood rolled up , it filled the channel wide . God only knows which of us twain shall hold the field to - day ...
Page 64
... stood , and shrank a little with the shoulders , for the sharp iron . The other heaved up the blade and rebuked the prince with many proud words : seized his helmet and set it on his head , cast his shield over his shoulder , drew out ...
... stood , and shrank a little with the shoulders , for the sharp iron . The other heaved up the blade and rebuked the prince with many proud words : seized his helmet and set it on his head , cast his shield over his shoulder , drew out ...
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... Stood like a tower . His form had yet not lost All her original brightness , nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined , and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new - risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his ...
... Stood like a tower . His form had yet not lost All her original brightness , nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined , and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new - risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his ...
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