Project Gutenberg 2009-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 386 Morris, Richard 1833 1894 Morris, R. (Richard) 67004408 Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Reading ease score: 94.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Early English Alliterative Poems" by Richard Morris is a collection of medieval poetry written in the West-Midland Dialect of the 14th century. This volume includes significant works such as "The Pearl," "Cleanness," and "Patience," which emphasize moral and religious themes. The poems address profound subjects such as loss, purity, and the importance of patience in the face of adversity, providing a deep insight into the human experience as viewed through a medieval lens. The opening of the collection outlines the published poems found in a unique manuscript and highlights the scholarly efforts involved in their editing. It details the themes presented in the first poem, "The Pearl," which depicts a father's lament for the loss of his young daughter and explores his dreamlike journey toward understanding her presence in the afterlife. The introductory discussions set the stage for the subsequent poems, which engage with biblical narratives to illustrate the virtues of a righteous life. Through rich imagery and moral lessons, the poems aim to resonate with readers on both emotional and spiritual levels. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30282/30282-h/images/titlepage.png en English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 PR Text Early English Text Society Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 1387816 203484 2024-11-13T04:44:18.304429 2023-09-13T09:40:12.758389 text/html text/html 1268995 2024-11-08T19:30:37 text/html 403025 2024-11-13T04:45:03.538182 application/epub+zip 430543 2024-11-13T04:44:27.114439 application/epub+zip 427889 2024-11-13T04:44:22.421392 application/epub+zip 1001335 2024-11-13T04:45:21.928113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1030658 2024-11-13T04:44:58.297253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1158054 2022-09-14T05:26:51.505558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 713385 2024-11-13T04:44:08.368547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 693563 2024-11-08T19:30:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17388 2024-11-13T04:45:22.211104 application/rdf+xml 10695 2024-11-13T04:44:23.004594 image/jpeg 2197 2024-11-13T04:44:22.718465 image/jpeg 364220 2024-11-13T04:44:18.399523 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia