Songs of the Holy Land (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Songs of the Holy Land (Classic Reprint) written by Stirling Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Songs of the Holy Land In the revival, and amongst the many skilful limitations of our old Minstrelsy, it seems strange that the themes and inspiration of so few modern lays should have been drawn from the Hebrew Scriptures. Yet the learned agree that the narrative of Moses is not excelled by those of Herodotus or Livy; that neither the Seneschal of Champagne, nor the Canon of Chimay, have surpassed the pictured pages of Samuel and the Chroniclers of Israel; and that the lofty strains of David and the Prophets, disdain comparison with the early poetry of any ancient or modern language. 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.