I am come of a race noted for vigour of fancy and ardour of passion. In this sentence, l couldnt get what " l am come of " means. İf you can help me, l would be grateful. Thanks already!
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Xanadu,
If I understand Professor George O. Curme correctly, the English
people used "be" for the present perfect many years ago. Here are some
examples from his scholarly book:
The tree is fallen. = The tree has fallen.
I am this instant arrived here. = I have arrived.
" whom they say is kill'd to-night on your suggestion" (Shakespeare)
= has been killed
Therefore, I think that your quotation is an example of older and more
elegant English that is still used on special occasions. Probably
"I am come" = I have come.
Our famous president Abraham Lincoln used this older English
during a short and beautiful speech that he gave at a cemetery honoring
soldiers who had died in a battle during our Civil War (1861 - 1865):
"We
are met on a great battlefield of that war."
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