Beowulf, tr. into modern rhymes by H.W. Lumsden1881 |
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... sought in the vast Serbonian bog of Gothic legend - nay , even farther afield — and the most resolute stickler for the historical reality of the hero himself will hardly deny the mythical nature of his adventures . But I utterly reject ...
... sought in the vast Serbonian bog of Gothic legend - nay , even farther afield — and the most resolute stickler for the historical reality of the hero himself will hardly deny the mythical nature of his adventures . But I utterly reject ...
Pagina x
... sought the poem . on some promontory in the neighbourhood , and it may be , he adds , that close inquiry might still find some tradition of the hero lingering among the country folk . But what connection have Swedish Goths with England ...
... sought the poem . on some promontory in the neighbourhood , and it may be , he adds , that close inquiry might still find some tradition of the hero lingering among the country folk . But what connection have Swedish Goths with England ...
Pagina 7
... sought , And got himself a bed elsewhere , in bower far away , When Grendel's hate , by tokens clear thus plain and open lay ! He who escaped the fiend thenceforth himself kept safe afar . And thus alone against them all did Grendel ...
... sought , And got himself a bed elsewhere , in bower far away , When Grendel's hate , by tokens clear thus plain and open lay ! He who escaped the fiend thenceforth himself kept safe afar . And thus alone against them all did Grendel ...
Pagina 8
... 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 that he would give them aid Against the people's woes . Their ...
... 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 that he would give them aid Against the people's woes . Their ...
Pagina 12
... sought Hrothgar now ! " Then answered high the Gothic chief and stern his helmèd brow : " Board - mates of Higelac are we . Beowulf is my name . To Healfdene's mighty son , thy lord , will I my errand frame If he will grant us leave to ...
... sought Hrothgar now ! " Then answered high the Gothic chief and stern his helmèd brow : " Board - mates of Higelac are we . Beowulf is my name . To Healfdene's mighty son , thy lord , will I my errand frame If he will grant us leave to ...
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