Project Gutenberg 2004-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 1056 Jewett, Sophie 1861 1909 The Pearl A Middle English Poem, A Modern Version in the Metre of the Original Produced by David Starner, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders Team "The Pearl" by Sophie Jewett is a modern rendition of a Middle English poem originally written during the latter half of the 14th century. This lyrical and elegiac poem tells the story of a grieving father lamenting the loss of his young daughter, symbolically represented as a precious pearl. The translation seeks to preserve the intricate stanzaic form and the alliterative style characteristic of the original text while making it accessible to contemporary readers. In the narrative, the speaker reflects on the deep sorrow and longing he feels after losing his daughter, whom he idealizes as the epitome of beauty and virtue, akin to a flawless pearl. As he mourns, he experiences a dream-like vision in which he encounters his daughter in a paradisiacal realm, filled with breathtaking landscapes and divine joy. The daughter, now a radiant figure, reassures him that her essence remains close, even as she resides in a heavenly state free from earthly sorrow and sin. Through this interaction, themes of love, loss, redemption, and the journey towards spiritual understanding emerge, culminating in a poignant exploration of the relationship between earthly experiences and celestial hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- Translations into English PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature Category: Religion/Spirituality 94124 2025-10-06T04:24:36.586415 text/html 94148 94007 2024-11-06T06:50:55.758334 2023-10-06T08:16:45.841878 text/html text/html 90387 2025-10-06T04:24:41.033386 application/epub+zip 88963 2025-10-06T04:24:38.129393 application/epub+zip 88963 2025-10-06T04:24:37.129385 application/epub+zip 171089 2025-10-06T04:24:42.968409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150227 2025-10-06T04:24:40.311414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144342 2022-09-07T00:54:03.861318 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72886 2025-10-06T04:24:36.351425 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53190 2024-10-28T20:10:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17210 2025-10-06T04:24:43.097372 application/rdf+xml 9398 2025-10-06T04:24:37.608385 image/jpeg 2675 2025-10-06T04:24:37.367409 image/jpeg 86664 2025-10-06T04:24:36.595383 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia