Orlando in Roncesvalles |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page vii
... chiefs sent captive to Cordova . It seems probable that these two historical relations , in themselves distinct , but confound- ed together by tradition , formed the basis of all the succeeding fictions respecting the battle of ...
... chiefs sent captive to Cordova . It seems probable that these two historical relations , in themselves distinct , but confound- ed together by tradition , formed the basis of all the succeeding fictions respecting the battle of ...
Page xix
... cause . Under professions of peace and amity , Charlemagne is in- vited to send his nephew and the chief warriors of his court to the Pass of Roncesvalles , there to receive from Marsilius the promised cession , and at the same.
... cause . Under professions of peace and amity , Charlemagne is in- vited to send his nephew and the chief warriors of his court to the Pass of Roncesvalles , there to receive from Marsilius the promised cession , and at the same.
Page 7
... tunes her throat the wakeful nightingale . The wandering knights some friendly shelter claim With needful sleep to soothe the o'erwearied frame , Anselm , the generous chief of Arli's race ( ) ORLANDO IN RONCESVALLES . 77.
... tunes her throat the wakeful nightingale . The wandering knights some friendly shelter claim With needful sleep to soothe the o'erwearied frame , Anselm , the generous chief of Arli's race ( ) ORLANDO IN RONCESVALLES . 77.
Page 8
John Herman Merivale. Anselm , the generous chief of Arli's race ( ) , It chanced some knightly purpose thither led , At the same hour their frugal board to grace , And share the lord of Clermont's proffer'd bed.- So fared the knights of ...
John Herman Merivale. Anselm , the generous chief of Arli's race ( ) , It chanced some knightly purpose thither led , At the same hour their frugal board to grace , And share the lord of Clermont's proffer'd bed.- So fared the knights of ...
Page 12
... chief who follows close behind I note , the flower of Asia's chivalry , The heir to Mecca's throne , -whose virtuous mind From Paynim bonds of prejudice set free , I press'd him to my heart , and hail'd with pride , In friendship once ...
... chief who follows close behind I note , the flower of Asia's chivalry , The heir to Mecca's throne , -whose virtuous mind From Paynim bonds of prejudice set free , I press'd him to my heart , and hail'd with pride , In friendship once ...
Other editions - View all
Orlando in Roncesvalles: A Poem, in Five Cantos (Classic Reprint) J. H. Merivale No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
Aldabelle ancient Anglante's Anjolin Archbishop of Rheims arms Astaroth Astolpho Aymon Baldwin banner battle of Roncesvalles Berlinghier blast blood Boyardo and Ariosto brave breast brother canto Charlemagne Charles chief Christian Clermont's lord corse courser cried dæmon dark death Dieu dread Durendal Durindana E'en enchanter estoit eternal eyes faith fatal fate fear fight fixt Fontarabia France gallant Ganellon Ginguené Gualtier hath heart Heaven hell honour hope Hor sarà horn host hour Huon of Bordeaux hypocras king knight lance light Malagigi Marca Hispanica mark'd Marsilius Marsilius Ficinus Milo Montalban's Moorish Morgante mortal mountain noble o'er Oliver Olivier Orlando Orlando Furioso Pagan Paladins Paynim peace poem Poictiers pride proud Pulci reader return'd Rinaldo Roland romance Saragossa's seem'd sight Sobrarbe solemn soul sound spirit stanza steed swift sword tears thee thine thou throne traitor treason Turpin vale vengeance warrior wonder xxvii
Popular passages
Page 99 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page xvi - Plautus whom he confesses to have been reading not long before, next, to correct him only, and let so many more ancient fathers wax old in those pleasant and florid studies without the lash of such a tutoring apparition ; insomuch that Basil teaches how some good use may be made of " Margites," a sportful poem, not now extant, writ by Homer ; and why not then of " Morgante," an Italian romance much to the same purpose...
Page 125 - Ma io senti' sonare un alto corno , Tanto ch'avrebbe ogni tuon fatto fioco, Che contra se la sua via seguitando Dirizzò gli occhi miei tutti ad un loco. Dopo la dolorosa rotta, quando Carlo Magno perde la santa gesta, Non sonò sì terribilmente Orlando. Poco portai in là...
Page 96 - Lo di e' han detto a' dolci amici addio; E che lo nuovo peregrin d'amore Punge, se ode squilla di lontano, Che paia '1 giorno pianger che si muore: Quand' io incominciai a render vano L'udire, ed a mirar una dell'alme Surta, che l'ascoltar chiedea con mano.
Page 82 - Twas now the hour when fond desire renews To him who wanders o'er the pathless main, Raising unbidden tears, the last adieus Of tender friends, whom fancy shapes again; When the late parted pilgrim thrills with thought Of his lov'd home, if o'er the distant plain, Perchance, his ears the village chimes have caught, Seeming to mourn the close of dying day.
Page 97 - They may soon reach another hemisphere, because every thing tends to its centre ; in like manner, as by a divine mystery, the earth is suspended in the midst of the stars ; here below are cities and empires, which were ancient. The inhabitants of those regions were called Antipodes. They have plants and animals as well as you, and wage wars as well as you.
Page 126 - O for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne, That to King Charles did come, When Rowland brave, and Olivier, And every paladin and peer, On Roncesvalles died...
Page 99 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 116 - Alda his wife shall join him in paradise. ' Bright with eternal youth and fadeless bloom Thine Aldabella thou shalt behold once more, Partaker of a bliss beyond the tomb With her whom Sinai's holy hills adore, Crown'd with fresh flowers, whose colour and perfume Surpass what Spring's rich bosom ever bore — Thy mourning widow here she will remain, And be in Heaven thy joyful spouse again.
Page xv - Ciceronianisms, and had chastised the reading, not the vanity, it had been plainly partial, first, to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for...