Excerpt from The Most Holy Mother of God in the Songs of the Eastern Church: Translated From the Greek The object of this book is to set before English readers a selection of Songs of the Most Holy Mother Of God out of the Service-books of the Holy Orthodox Eastern Church. These are presented in verse rather than in prose. Rightly or wrongly, I believe that, whether the originals be secular epigrams or sacred poetry, the most literal render ings into prose are less attractive to the ordinary reader than translation into ...
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Excerpt from The Most Holy Mother of God in the Songs of the Eastern Church: Translated From the Greek The object of this book is to set before English readers a selection of Songs of the Most Holy Mother Of God out of the Service-books of the Holy Orthodox Eastern Church. These are presented in verse rather than in prose. Rightly or wrongly, I believe that, whether the originals be secular epigrams or sacred poetry, the most literal render ings into prose are less attractive to the ordinary reader than translation into English metrical verse in rhyme. Moreover, in this latter form they lend themselves better to music. 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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