Beowulf, tr. into modern rhymes by H.W. Lumsden1881 |
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... stood ; and he whose word was mighty far and wide Gave it the name of Heort . Nor was his promise true belied When rings and wealth he dealt at feasts . With many a point and spire High rose the hall — to bide the raging glow of ...
... stood ; and he whose word was mighty far and wide Gave it the name of Heort . Nor was his promise true belied When rings and wealth he dealt at feasts . With many a point and spire High rose the hall — to bide the raging glow of ...
Pagina 7
... stood the stately house . So mickle time went by ; Twelve winters did the Scyldings ' lord in woe and trouble lie , And boundless grief . And so to men ' twas told in mournful song And clearly known how Grendel strove and waged with ...
... stood the stately house . So mickle time went by ; Twelve winters did the Scyldings ' lord in woe and trouble lie , And boundless grief . And so to men ' twas told in mournful song And clearly known how Grendel strove and waged with ...
Pagina 12
... stood piled , with ashen shafts all grey ; And mail and corslet rang when on the benches down they lay . Well weaponed were these ironsides . * Hard by a knight did stand And haughtily these warriors asked their kinship and their land ...
... stood piled , with ashen shafts all grey ; And mail and corslet rang when on the benches down they lay . Well weaponed were these ironsides . * Hard by a knight did stand And haughtily these warriors asked their kinship and their land ...
Pagina 13
... stood beside the lord of Danes , ( Knowing the seemly ways of courts ) , and to his chief thus spoke : " From far across the watery ways have come some Gothic folk ; Their chief these warriors call by name Beowulf ; and they pray That ...
... stood beside the lord of Danes , ( Knowing the seemly ways of courts ) , and to his chief thus spoke : " From far across the watery ways have come some Gothic folk ; Their chief these warriors call by name Beowulf ; and they pray That ...
Pagina 14
... stood . * Then while his mail by smith - craft wrought , and hauberk glittered bright Beowulf spoke : " To Hrothgar hail ! The kinsman and the knight Of Higelac am I ; and many a feat I've done in youth . Now in my native land to me the ...
... stood . * Then while his mail by smith - craft wrought , and hauberk glittered bright Beowulf spoke : " To Hrothgar hail ! The kinsman and the knight Of Higelac am I ; and many a feat I've done in youth . Now in my native land to me the ...
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