| William Morris - Siegfried (Legendary character) - 1877 - 414 pages
...HIS MOTHER'S WOMB. Of Hie dwelling of King Volsung, and the wedding of Signy his daughter. T I HERE was a dwelling of Kings ere the world was waxen old...it, and silver nailed its doors ; Earls' wives were the weaving-women, queens' daughters strewed its floors, And the masters of its song-craft were the... | |
| 1878 - 802 pages
...Morris's other work. Here, for instance, are the rolling lines that form the commencement of the "Sigurd": There was a dwelling of Kings ere the world was waxen...that wrought it, and silver nailed its doors ; Earls' wires were the weaving-women, queens' daughters strewed its floors ; And the masters of its song-craft... | |
| 1878 - 794 pages
...Morris's other work. Here, for instance, are the rolling lines that form the commencement of the "Sigurd": There was a dwelling of Kings ere the world was waxen...the roofs were thatched with gold ; Earls were the wrighta that wrought it, and silver nailed its doors ; Earls' wives were the weaving-women, queens'... | |
| Frederick Sherlock - Temperance - 1879 - 272 pages
...Sigurd the Volsung, and the Fall of the Niblungs, with the following fascinating and splendid lines:— There was a dwelling of Kings, ere the world was waxen...it, and silver nailed its, doors ; Earls' wives were the weaving women, queens' daughters strewed its floors, And the masters of its song-craft were the... | |
| Bayard Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 404 pages
...The meter, although not original, is originally treated, at will be seen from the opening lines: " There was a dwelling of Kings ere the world was waxen...it, and silver nailed its doors : Earls' wives were the weaving-women, queens' daughters strewed its floors, And the masters of its song-craft were the... | |
| Bayard Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 400 pages
...them. The meter, although not original, is originally treated, as will be seen from the opening lines: "There was a dwelling of Kings ere the world was waxen...the roofs were thatched with gold ; Earls were the wrighte that wrought it, and silver nailed its doors : Earls' wives were the weaving-women, queens'... | |
| Laura Elizabeth Poor - Literature, Ancient - 1880 - 500 pages
...under a heavy stone ; and the weapon is another of those resistless swords which every hero uses. " There was a dwelling of kings ere the world was waxen...door-wards there, and the roofs were thatched with gold ; For amidst of its midmost hall floor sprang up a mighty tree. They call that warduke's tree, that... | |
| Laura Elizabeth Poor - Comparative literature - 1880 - 492 pages
...under a heavy stone ; and the weapon is another of those resistless swords which every hero uses. " There was a dwelling of kings ere the world was waxen...door-wards there, and the roofs were thatched with gold ; For amidst of its midmost hall floor sprang up a mighty tree. They call that warduke's tree, that... | |
| Frederick Sherlock - Temperance - 1880 - 264 pages
...Sigurd the Vohung, and the Fall of the Niblungs, with the following fascinating and splendid lines : — There was a dwelling of Kings, ere the world was waxen old ; Dukes were the door- wards there, and the roofs were thatched with gold ; Earls were the wrights that wrought it,... | |
| James Baldwin - English language - 1882 - 632 pages
...Anglo-Saxon derivation. The following is the opening stanza, describing the dwelling-place of King Volsung: There was a dwelling of kings ere the world was waxen...it, and silver nailed its doors; Earls' wives were the weaving-women, queens' daughters strewed its floors, And the masters of its song-craft were the... | |
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