Assonance seems nearly as severe a curb, although in a celebrated passage William of Malmesbury declares that A Song Of Roland was intoned before the battle commenced at Hastings.

This may take the form of a purpose ( as in Milton, who proposed " to justify the ways of God to men "); of a question ( as in the Iliad, which Homer initiates by asking a Muse to sing of Achilles ' anger ); or of a situation ( as in the Song of Roland, with Charlemagne in Spain ).

** Carmen de Prodicione Guenonis, version of the story of the Song of Roland in Latin

* Roland's sword in early 12th century French poem Song of Roland, was named Durendal.

The unseen and unheard Song of Roland had become a dim memory, until the antiquary Francisque Michel transcribed a worn copy in the Bodleian Library and put it into print in 1837 ; it was timely: French interest in the national epic revived among the Romantic generation.

Kakehashi did not learn of " The Song Of Roland " until later.

The Song of Roland, a highly romanticized account of this battle, would later become one of the most famous chansons de geste of the Middle Ages.

* c. 1095 – 1099: earliest extant manuscript of the Song of Roland

** Un premier amour, sung by Isabelle Aubret ( music by Claude-Henri Vic, text by Roland Stephane Valade ), wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 for France.

Among those killed is Roland, lord of the Breton March ; the 11th-century Song of Roland is loosely based on the events of this battle.

Certainly, other Bishops were depicted bearing the arms of a knight without comment, such as Archbishop Turpin who bears both a spear and a sword named " Almace " in The Song of Roland or Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy, who also appears to have fought as a knight during the First Crusade, an expedition that Odo also joined.

The Song of Roland, an Old French 11th-century heroic poem, takes the association of black skin with Saracens a step further by making it their only exotic feature.

In the Song of Roland, Ganelon is also the stepfather of the main hero, Roland ; and on the last page of The Hand of Oberon, Zelazny's Ganelon is revealed as Oberon in disguise.

* The Song of Roland.

He may also have sponsored an early version of The Song of Roland.

The tale of Roland's death is retold in the eleventh century poem The Song of Roland, where he is equipped with the Olifant ( a signalling horn ) and an unbreakable sword, enchanted by various Christian relics, named Durendal.

Several other characters in the game also take their names from the Song of Roland.

* Susan P. Millinger, " Epic Values: The Song of Roland ," in Jason Glenn ( ed ), The Middle Ages in Texts and Texture: Reflections on Medieval Sources ( Toronto, University of Toronto, 2012 ),

In The Song of Roland, Charlemagne was described as having a nightmare the night before the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.

** anonymous-La Chanson de Roland ( The Song of Roland )

The name Orlando is a translation of Roland from the 12th-century Song of Roland.

The zhanmadao ( literally " horse chopping sword "), an extremely long, anti-cavalry sword from the Song Dynasty era.

Many of these lyrics express joy, as, e. g., Lamech's so-called Song of the sword ; David's " last words "; the words of praise of liberated Israel ; songs of praise like Psalms 18, 24, 126, etc.

Dismayed, Liu Bei drew his sword on Song Zhong, but did not kill him.

Hauteclere ( or Halteclere, or Hauteclaire, literally " High and neat ") is the sword of Olivier, a character in the French epic " The Song of Roland ".

According to the Song of Roland, the sword is brought by an angel to Charlemagne, who gives it to Roland.

The 11th century Song of Roland describes the sword:

Baligant, a general of the Saracens in The Song of Roland, named his sword Précieuse, in order not to seem inferior to Charlemagne.

A priest wielding a flaming sword through artifice appears in A Song of Ice and Fire: later a priestess of the same religion makes the sword of one king-claimant radiant through some supernatural means: around the same time, death rites performed by the first priest succeed in resurrection of the dead: the unnamed religion's clerics speak of a character called " Azor Ahai reborn ", the saviour of man, and bears many similarities to Christianity and the legends surrounding the parousia, including mistaken and uncertain prophecy: some of the incantations of the order are borrowed verbatim from the King James Bible with alterations of a word or name.

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

The lyrics for the " Alabama Song " and another song, the " Benares Song " are in English ( albeit specifically idiosyncratic English ) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original ( German ) language.

(" Miracle Song ") It is soon revealed to Cora that the miracle is a fake, controlled by a pump inside the rock.

French poet Paul Verlaine's " Chanson d ' automne " (" Autumn Song ") is likewise characterised by strong, painful feelings of sorrow.

Cuthbert's letter on Bede's death, the Epistola Cuthberti de obitu Bedae, moreover, commonly is understood to indicate that Bede also composed a five line vernacular poem known to modern scholars as Bede ’ s Death Song

The " Song of the Three Holy Youths " is part of the Matins service in Eastern Orthodoxy, and of Lauds on Sundays and feast days in Catholicism.

This reading is related to the allegorical reading of the Song of Solomon and to the theme of the Bride of God, which in Jewish tradition manifests as the Shekinah.

The National Anthem of Chile () is also known as Canción Nacional ( National Song ).

References to cannibalizing the enemy has also been seen in poetry written in the Song Dynasty, ( for example, in Man Jiang Hong ) although the cannibalizing is perhaps poetic symbolism, expressing hatred towards the enemy.

The Song Dynasty is considered by many to be classical China's high point in science and technology, with innovative scholar-officials such as Su Song ( 1020 – 1101 ) and Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ).

It is deeply influenced by, but not identical with, the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties.

The manuscripts of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible state that " the Song of Solomon is not inspired scripture ," and therefore it is not included in LDS canon and rarely studied by members of the LDS Church.

The painting is a Song Dynasty remake of a Tang Dynasty original.

Although this method of charting seems to have existed in China even prior to this publication and scientist, the greatest significance of the star maps by Su Song is that they represent the oldest existent star maps in printed form.

As in English, the Hebrew word for " love ", ahavah אהבה, is used to describe intimate or romantic feelings or relationships, such as the love between parent and child in Genesis 22: 2 ; 25: 28 ; 37: 3 ; the love between close friends in I Samuel 18: 2, 20: 17 ; or the love between a young man and young woman in Song of Songs.

But he who brings charges against me for relating the objections that the Hebrews are wont to raise against the Story of Susanna, the Song of the Three Children, and the story of Bel and the Dragon, which are not found in the Hebrew volume, proves that he is just a foolish sycophant.

In the Epic poetry | epic poem Nibelungenlied ( Song of the Nibelungs ), Siegfried is famously stabbed in the back by Hagen ( legend ) | Hagen.

He spans genres such as science fiction, horror and fantasy, sometimes within the same novel: a typical example of Simmons ' ability to intermingle genres is Song of Kali ( 1985 ), winner of World Fantasy Award.

Another hit song associated with McLean ( though never recorded by him ) is " Killing Me Softly with His Song ", which was written about McLean after Lori Lieberman, also a singer / songwriter, saw him singing his composition " Empty Chairs " in concert.

* Country Dance and Song Society is a United States umbrella organization whose members enjoy English dance.

A " Winning Smile " that makes the hero likable is worth 0 points because of its trivial effect, while a " Charming Song " that inspires one emotion when played might be useful enough to count as Frequent ( 1 point ).