From Chaucer to Arnold Types of Literary Art in Prose And Verse An Introductio
From Chaucer to Arnold Types of Literary Art in Prose And Verse An Introductio
Andrew Jackson George
The book From Chaucer to Arnold Types of Literary Art in Prose And Verse An Introductio was written by author Andrew Jackson George Here you can read free online of From Chaucer to Arnold Types of Literary Art in Prose And Verse An Introductio book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is From Chaucer to Arnold Types of Literary Art in Prose And Verse An Introductio a good or bad book?
What reading level is From Chaucer to Arnold Types of Literary Art in Prose And Verse An Introductio book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If even I were as in my boyhood, and could be The comrade of thy wanderings over heaven. As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed 50 Scarce seemed a vision, — I would ne'er have striven As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need. Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life I I bleed ! A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed 55 One too like thee — tameless, and swift, and proud. 484 FROM CHAUCER TO ARNOLD Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is : What if my lea...ves are falling like its own? The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone, 60 Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth; And, by the incantation of this verse, 65 Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind ! Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy ! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
User Reviews: