Pearl, an English Poem of the XIVth CenturyIsrael Gollancz Chatto and Windus, 1921 - 285 pages |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
alliterative Apocalypse asspyed beryl bliss blysse Boccaccio's bope bright cæsura century Chaucer Cleanness clene conj crown delyt dere Early English Eclogue emendation Erkenwald evidently fayre fyrst Gawain gentle glente grace gret hatz heaven heuen Huchown IInd Impression ISRAEL GOLLANCZ Jerusalem jewel jueler Lamb Latin Lombe Lord lyste medieval mote mozt my3t ne'er neuer Note Olym Olympia passage Pearl penne perle perlez photogravure phrase poem poet poet's precious prep pron py3t quen reference rhyme romance Romaunt Rose ryche ryzt sayde schal schulde sense Silv silvis song spot spotless spyce stanza subj suggested sunne thee Therapon thou throne Translated vpon Vulgate vyne wat3 watz wern West Midland wolde wony word Wycliffite wyth wyth-inne wyth-outen þat þer
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Page xxi - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Page 168 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 7 - Pearl, imprison'd there, with wayward words that fiercely fought ; though Christ Himself me comfort show'd, my wretched will worked aye in woe. I fell upon that flowery plat ; such fragrance flash'd into my brain, I slid into a slumber-swoon o'er that precious Pearl without a spot.
Page 36 - And sesed in alle hys herytage Hys lef is. I am holy hysse : Hys prese, hys prys, and hys parage Is rote and grounde of alle my blysse.
Page 16 - The more I frayste hyr fayre face, Her fygure fyn quen I had fonte, Suche gladande glory con to me glace As lyttel byfore therto was wonte. To calle hyr lyste con me enchace...
Page 34 - I hit se, now lepej my lope ; & quen we departed, we wern at on ; God forbede we be now wrope ! We meten so selden by stok o]>er ston.
Page 114 - She's gane to dwall in heaven, my lassie, She's gane to dwall in heaven : Ye're owre pure, quo...
Page xlvii - O moral Gower, this book I direct To thee, and to the philosophical Strode, To vouchsafe there need is to correct, Of your benignities and zcalgs good," And the book ends with a prayer that Christ may make us worthy of His mercy.
Page 5 - From spot where such rich treasure wastes fragrant spice must needs spring forth ; blossoms white and blue and red shine there full sheer against the sun. Flower and fruit shall know no flaw where it down drave to earth's dark mould ; for from dead grain each blade must grow, no wheat were else brought ever home. Each good from good is aye begun ; so seemly a seed can never fail ; ne'er fragrant spice shall cease to spring from that precious Pearl without a spot.
Page xxxv - There is, moreover, stronger confirmation of this aspect of the poem. A later poet, to whom we are indebted for a ballad of ' The Green Knight,' — a rifacimento of this romance, or of some intermediate form of it, — has used the same story to account for the origin of another Order. Evidently aware of its original application, but wishing to make his ballad topical, he ends it with the following reference to the Knighthood of the Bath, then newly instituted: ' All the Court was full faine Alive...