Excerpt from C???dmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures, in Anglo-Saxon: With an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal Index Having been led by circumstances to the study of our old vernacular tongue, I naturally felt some desire to become acquainted with the works of one whom, justly or unjustly, I considered as the Father of English Song. Absence in a foreign land long prevented the gratification of this desire, beyond the perusal of a few extracts in the Rev. Mr. Cony beare's Illustrations of ...
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Excerpt from C???dmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures, in Anglo-Saxon: With an English Translation, Notes, and a Verbal Index Having been led by circumstances to the study of our old vernacular tongue, I naturally felt some desire to become acquainted with the works of one whom, justly or unjustly, I considered as the Father of English Song. Absence in a foreign land long prevented the gratification of this desire, beyond the perusal of a few extracts in the Rev. Mr. Cony beare's Illustrations of anglo-saxon Poetry* but, on my return to England, having got access to a copy of the printed edition of the original text, I soon became convinced of the inaccuracy of that edition, and that the neglect which has hitherto attended the remains of this Milton of our forefathers is, partly at least, to be ascribed to the faulty and unsatisfactory manner in which they have been communicated to the public. It was therefore with impatience that I looked forward to the completion of the new edition announced by the reverend and learned Editor of the Illustrations1'; nor until I had ascertained that he had abandoned the design, did I resolve on applying to the work, and endeavouring, as far as Iwas able, to supply what to me seemed a desideratum in our literature. This design would, however, have shared the fate of many others of a like nature, had not the Society of Antiquaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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