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... probably not only the simplest but the oldest known : -indeed ac- cording to Old Testament chronology it is not long antedated by the creation , for it is found in the song of Lamech to his wives . Hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech ...
... probably not only the simplest but the oldest known : -indeed ac- cording to Old Testament chronology it is not long antedated by the creation , for it is found in the song of Lamech to his wives . Hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech ...
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... Probably the first important ad- vance from this crude stage of art is to be seen in the syllabic verse of some of the oldest parts of the Avesta . Here the principle of parallelism is still seen in com- parative undress , but the ...
... Probably the first important ad- vance from this crude stage of art is to be seen in the syllabic verse of some of the oldest parts of the Avesta . Here the principle of parallelism is still seen in com- parative undress , but the ...
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... probably not have been written except for music , but the specimen is given here because it is one of the very few available in which the syllabic principle appears alone . ( 1 ) In com- bination with other principles , we shall find it ...
... probably not have been written except for music , but the specimen is given here because it is one of the very few available in which the syllabic principle appears alone . ( 1 ) In com- bination with other principles , we shall find it ...
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... probably at about the same time , says most explicitly : - " Quod pertinat ad naturam primae syllabae , longane sit aut brevis , solis confirmamus exem- plis ; medias vero in latino sermone accentu discernimus ; ultimas arte colligimus ...
... probably at about the same time , says most explicitly : - " Quod pertinat ad naturam primae syllabae , longane sit aut brevis , solis confirmamus exem- plis ; medias vero in latino sermone accentu discernimus ; ultimas arte colligimus ...
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... probably prevail in the use of polysyllables ; -and an examination will show that in fact it does . In the first hundred lines of the Carmen Apologeticum Commodian uses some 255 polysyllabic words . The ac- cented syllables of these ...
... probably prevail in the use of polysyllables ; -and an examination will show that in fact it does . In the first hundred lines of the Carmen Apologeticum Commodian uses some 255 polysyllabic words . The ac- cented syllables of these ...
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10th century 4th syllable accentual principle accentual rhythm accentual verse Adam of St Alexandrine Ambrosian hymns anapæstic arsis arsis and thesis Augustine Augustine's psalm Aurora lucis rutilat cæsura century Chaucer's church Commodian course dactyls dissyllables early example exhibit explanation fact feet fixed cæsura foot form of verse Fortunatus French decasyllabic French poet French verse Greek hemistich hexameters ictus imitation influence initial inversions Kawczynski King Horn language late Latin Latin hymns Latin rhythms Latin verse latter lines long syllables metre metrical Meyer modern English modern French number of accents number of syllables octosyllabics Paris passage penults perhaps Ph.D poem poetry polysyllables probably proparoxytone prose accent prosody purely syllabic quantitative verse quantity read accentually regarded regular rhythmical rime Roman Schipper seems short syllables specimens spondee Stengel stress strictly style syllabic principle syllabic verse theory thesis tonic syllable trochaic trochees verse-end verse-forms versification words wrenched accent writing
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Page 103 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 49 - Ideo autem non aliquo carminis genere id fieri volui, ne me necessitas metrica ad aliqua verba quae vulgo minus sunt usitata compelleret.
Page 1 - And Lamech said unto his wives: " Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me: If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Page 94 - Seeking to find the old familiar faces. Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert not thou born in my father's dwelling? So might we talk of the old familiar faces. How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Page 59 - Quo modo et ad instar iambici metri pulcherrime factus est hymnus ille praeclarus : rex aeteme domine, rerum creator omnium, qui eras ante saecula semper cum patre filius, et alii Ambrosiani non pauci. Item ad formam metri trochaici canunt hymnum de die iudicii per alphabetum : apparebit repentina dies magna domini, fur obscura velut nocte improvises occupans.
Page 4 - THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES. I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Page 48 - Volens etiam causam Donatistarum ad ipsius humillimi vulgi et omnino imperitorum atque idiotarum notitiam pervenire, et eorum, quantum fieri posset per nos inhaerere memoriae psalmum, qui eis cantaretur, per latinas litteras feci: sed usque ad V litteram.
Page 80 - More miserable. Both have sinn'd, but thou Against God only, I against God and thee, And to the place of judgment will return, There with my cries importune Heaven, that all The sentence, from thy head removed, may light On me, sole cause to thee of all this woe,. Me, me only, just object of his ire!