Specimens Of The Early German Christian Poetry Of The Eighth And Ninth Centuries To Which Is Added A Literal Translation With Critical And Etymological Notes PDF Download

Excerpt from Specimens of the Early-German Christian Poetry of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries: To Which Is Added a Literal Translation, With Critical and Etymological Notes The character of every race of mankind has been much affected by the climate, the scenery, the fertility and natural productions of the lands, in which it has dwelt. While one branch of the Pelasgic family took possession of the sunny isles, and olive-clad hills of Greece, which supplied, almost unasked, the means of an easy existence; and were led by every object that met their eyes to associate excellence, human and divine, with beauty of form and expression While another branch of the same family, which colonized the somewhat sterner shores of Italy, were forced with severer labour to gain from the soil the nourishment which they required, and sought therefore perfection in a manly bearing (virtus); the Germanic character was moulded, amid icy seas and dark forests of boundless extent, into one of deep and tender feeling, great susceptibility, wild valour, and an invincible love of personal freedom. To the very existence of such a character poetry is indispensable; and in Germany, from times immemorial, poetr.)r has had a home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.