Beowulf, tr. into modern rhymes by H.W. Lumsden1881 |
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... chief end of history - better in this poem than in all the bulky volumes of professed historians . That some of the persons mentioned in the poem are historical there can be little doubt , but of the hero himself the utmost we can ...
... chief end of history - better in this poem than in all the bulky volumes of professed historians . That some of the persons mentioned in the poem are historical there can be little doubt , but of the hero himself the utmost we can ...
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... chief end of history - better in this poem than in all the bulky volumes of professed historians . That some of the persons mentioned in the poem are historical there can be little doubt , but of the hero himself the utmost we can ...
... chief end of history - better in this poem than in all the bulky volumes of professed historians . That some of the persons mentioned in the poem are historical there can be little doubt , but of the hero himself the utmost we can ...
Pagina 4
... chief beloved he long the people swayed . Ready at hithe the ringed - stem lay , -meet for a prince's bier- Shining like ice — and to her lap they bore their chieftain dear ; Hard by the mast they laid him down , their glorious lord of ...
... chief beloved he long the people swayed . Ready at hithe the ringed - stem lay , -meet for a prince's bier- Shining like ice — and to her lap they bore their chieftain dear ; Hard by the mast they laid him down , their glorious lord of ...
Pagina 8
... chief did find . In secret oft the nobles sat , and counsel sought to rede What valiant men might fittest do in this dread time of need ; And sometimes at their idol shrines they sacrifices made , With words beseeching their false god ...
... chief did find . In secret oft the nobles sat , and counsel sought to rede What valiant men might fittest do in this dread time of need ; And sometimes at their idol shrines they sacrifices made , With words beseeching their false god ...
Pagina 10
... chief , and Ecgtheow was his name . Ere , full of days , he passed from earth , he many a year did bide , And him wise men remember well in all the world so wide . Now Healfdene's son , the people's guard , thy lord , we come to see ...
... chief , and Ecgtheow was his name . Ere , full of days , he passed from earth , he many a year did bide , And him wise men remember well in all the world so wide . Now Healfdene's son , the people's guard , thy lord , we come to see ...
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Arnold bade band battle battle-weed beneath Beowulf bold bore brave Breca Cheaper Edition chief cloth corslet Danes Danish deadly dear death deeds Demy 8vo dragon dread e'er Eadgils Eanmund earls earth Ecgtheow Fcap fierce fight Fight at Finnsburh Frontispiece gainst gave Geáts gifts glorious glory gold Gothic Goths Grein Grendel Grendel's mother grief Halga hall hand Healfdene Healfdene's Heardred heart helmet Hengest Heorot hero Higelac hoard Hrethel Hrothgar Hrothulf Hrunting Hunferd Hygd Illustrations Kemble king kinsmen knight land Large post 8vo mighty mong monster neath Nicors Note o'er Onela Ongentheow people's poem Portrait price 12s rings Scyldings Scylfing Second Edition shield slain slew Small crown 8vo song sorrow spake sprite stood story strife sword tale thanes thee Third Edition thou Translated treasure trod twas valiant vols Wægmund warrior waves ween Wiglaf wise wondrous words wrath wrought
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