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BeowulfBeowulf LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped, we have heard, and what honor the athelings won! Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes, from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore, awing the earls. Since erst he...
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Poems: Patriotic, Religious, MiscellaneousPoems: Patriotic, Religious, MiscellaneousPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million dollars...
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Lays of Ancient RomeLays of Ancient Rome That what is called the history of the Kings and early Consuls of Rome is to a great extent fabulous, few scholars have, since the time of Beaufort, ventured to deny. It is certain that, more than three hundred and...
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The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in Prose and VerseThe Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in Prose and VerseThere is need to ask indulgence for this little book, because at first sight it seems to possess no other unity than that of type and cover. The root of its unity lies deeper, deeper...
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On the Nature of ThingsOn the Nature of Things CONTENTS BOOK I SUBSTANCE IS ETERNAL THE VOID NOTHING EXISTS per se EXCEPT ATOMS AND THE VOID CHARACTER OF THE ATOMS CONFUTATION OF OTHER PHILOSOPHERS THE INFINITY OF THE UNIVERSE BOOK II PROEM ATOMIC MOTIONS ATOMIC FORMS AND THEIR...
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Moral EmblemsMoral EmblemsIt is with some diffidence that I sit down at an age so mature that I cannot bring myself to name it, to write a preface to works I printed and published at twelve. I would have the reader see a little boy...
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-TableThe Autocrat of the Breakfast-TableTwo articles entitled The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table will be found in the New England Magazine, formerly published in Boston by J. T. and E. Buckingham. The date of the first of these articles is November 1831, and that of...
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The Moon Endureth: Tales and FanciesThe Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Around my feet the clouds are drawn In the cold mystery of the dawn; No breezes cheer, no guests intrude My mossy, mist-clad solitude; When sudden down the steeps of sky Flames a long, lightening wind. On high...
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PoemsPoems Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. ISAIAH 60:15. My Mother's Kiss . . . . . . . . . . 1 A...
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The Fall of TroyThe Fall of TroyHomer's "Iliad" begins towards the close of the last of the ten years of the Trojan War: its incidents extend over some fifty days only, and it ends with the burial of Hector. The things which came before and after were...
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Phantasmagoria and Other PoemsPhantasmagoria and Other Poemsp. 8At least, I said, Im glad to find A Ghost is not a dumb thing! But pray sit down: youll feel inclined (If, like myself, you have not dined) To take a snack of something: With this you make a...
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Codex Junius XICodex Junius 11 This file contains translations from the Anglo-Saxon of the following works: "Genesis A", "Genesis B", "Exodus", "Daniel", and "Christ and Satan". All are works found in the manuscript of Anglo-Saxon verse known as "Junius 11." These works were originally written in...
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PoemsPoems[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are capitalized, placed in single quotes, or otherwise marked as needed. Lines longer than 78 characters are broken and the continuation is indented two spaces. Some obvious errors have been corrected.] Thirty Sonnets: Sonnet I Sonnet II...
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Orlando FuriosoOrlando FuriosoThis work is a continuation of the "Orlando Innamorato" of Matteo Maria Boiardo, which was left unfinished upon the author's death in 1494. It begins more or less at the point where Boiardo left it. This is a brief synopsis of Boiardo's work,...
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Idylls of the KingIdylls of the King Dedication These to His Memorysince he held them dear, Perchance as finding there unconsciously Some image of himselfI dedicate, I dedicate, I consecrate with tears These Idylls. And indeed He seems to me Scarce other than my kings ideal knight,...
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Pharsalia Dramatic Episodes of the Civil WarsPharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil WarsOriginally written in Latin, approximately A.D. 61-65, by the Roman poet Lucan, and probably left unfinished upon his death in A.D. 65. Although the work has been generally known through most of history as the "Pharsalia", modern scholarship...
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Rivers to the SeaRivers to the SeaWhy am I crying after love With youth, a singing voice and eyes To take earth's wonder with surprise? Why have I put off my pride, Why am I unsatisfied, I for whom the pensive night Binds her cloudy hair with...
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Twilight StoriesTwilight Stories One hundred years' and one ago, in Boston, at ten of the clock one April night, a church steeple had been climbed and a lantern hung out. At ten, the same night, in mid-river of the Charles, oarsmen two, with passenger silent...
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The Chinese Nightingale, and Other PoemsThe Chinese Nightingale, and Other Poems[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases capitalized. Italicized stanzas are indented 5 spaces. Some errors have been corrected. Lines longer than 78 characters are broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces.] Where Is the...
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Songs of Travel, and Other VersesSongs of Travel, and Other VersesThe following collection of verses, written at various times and places, principally after the authors final departure from England in 1887, was sent home by him for publication some months before his death. He had tried them in several...
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