Beowulf, tr. into modern rhymes by H.W. Lumsden1883 |
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... never fails , and his theory is ex- ceedingly seductive — one would so gladly hail Beowulf as a national epic in the fullest sense of the word - it seems to me that in escaping from all difficulties about the authorship of the poem , he ...
... never fails , and his theory is ex- ceedingly seductive — one would so gladly hail Beowulf as a national epic in the fullest sense of the word - it seems to me that in escaping from all difficulties about the authorship of the poem , he ...
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... never foe may shame Nor with their shipmen scathe the land of Danes . But never came More openly shield - bearing men ! No leave of kin have ye , Nor warrior's password do ye know ! Yet never did I see A greater earl upon the earth than ...
... never foe may shame Nor with their shipmen scathe the land of Danes . But never came More openly shield - bearing men ! No leave of kin have ye , Nor warrior's password do ye know ! Yet never did I see A greater earl upon the earth than ...
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... never yet have seen ; No outcasts hither do ye come ; but all for pride I ween And in the glory of your hearts have ye sought Hrothgar now ! " Then answered high the Gothic chief and stern his helmed brow : " Board - mates of Higelac ...
... never yet have seen ; No outcasts hither do ye come ; but all for pride I ween And in the glory of your hearts have ye sought Hrothgar now ! " Then answered high the Gothic chief and stern his helmed brow : " Board - mates of Higelac ...
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... Never by night was harder fight beneath the vault of heaven ; Never was man more sore beset upon the stormy wave ; Yet thus my life from grip of foes did I , though wearied , save . The flood - tide then and heaving sea cast me on ...
... Never by night was harder fight beneath the vault of heaven ; Never was man more sore beset upon the stormy wave ; Yet thus my life from grip of foes did I , though wearied , save . The flood - tide then and heaving sea cast me on ...
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... never had he yet In all his life's - day such hall - thanes or harder warriors met ! Accursed to the house he strode ; and soon beneath his hands The door flew open at his touch though closed with fire - wrought bands . With thoughts of ...
... never had he yet In all his life's - day such hall - thanes or harder warriors met ! Accursed to the house he strode ; and soon beneath his hands The door flew open at his touch though closed with fire - wrought bands . With thoughts of ...
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bade battle beneath Beowulf bold bore brave bright Cheaper Edition chief cloth corselet Danes deadly dear death deeds Demy 8vo dragon dread Eadgils Eanmund earls earth Ecgtheow English eotens Essay Fcap fierce fight Finn fire Fourth Edition Frisian Frontis Frontispiece gainst gave German gifts glorious gold goodly Gothic Goths Grein Grendel Grendel's mother grief guard Halfdene's hall hand Healfdene heart helm helmet Hengest Heorot hero Higelac Hildeburh Hnæf hoard Hrethel Hrothgar Hrunting Hygd Kemble king knight land Large crown 8vo Large post 8vo LL.B Maps mighty mong monster neath Note o'er Onela Ongentheow people's Poems Portrait Prof rings Royal Scyldings Scylfing Second Edition Sermons shield slain Small 8vo Small crown 8vo Songs sorrow spake story strife sword Tale thane thee Third Edition thou Translated treasure twas valiant vellum vols Wægmund warrior waves ween Wiglaf wondrous words wrath wrought
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