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<v Speaker 1>August two thousand six. Beowulf, translated by Francis Barton Gummere,

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<v Speaker 1>Section three. Then Rothgar went with his hero trained defense

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<v Speaker 1>of Sildings. Forth from hall Fain. Would the war lord

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<v Speaker 1>Wilvou seek couch of his queen, the king of glory.

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<v Speaker 1>Against this Grendel, a guard had set. So heroes heard

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<v Speaker 1>a whole defender, who warded the monarch and watched for

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<v Speaker 1>the monster. In truth, the Gheet's prince gladly trusted his metal,

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<v Speaker 1>his might, the mercy of God cast off. Then his

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<v Speaker 1>corselet of iron helmet from head to his henchmen, gave

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<v Speaker 1>choicest of weapons, the well chased sword, bidding him guard

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<v Speaker 1>the gear of battle spake. Then his vaunt, the valiant

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<v Speaker 1>man Beowulf gate e're the bed be sought O force

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<v Speaker 1>in fight. No feebler I count me in grim war

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<v Speaker 1>deeds than Grendel deems him not with the sword. Then

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep of death his life will I give, though

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<v Speaker 1>it lie in my power. No skill is his to

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<v Speaker 1>strike against me. My shield to hue. Though he hardy

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<v Speaker 1>be bold in battle, we both this knight shall spurn

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<v Speaker 1>the sword if he seek me here unweaponed for war.

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<v Speaker 1>Let wisest God, Sacred Lord, on which side, soever doomed

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<v Speaker 1>decree as he deemeth right reclined. Then the chieftain and

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<v Speaker 1>cheek pillows held the head of the Earl, while all

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<v Speaker 1>about him seamen hardy on ball beds sank. None of

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<v Speaker 1>them thought that, thence their steps to the folk and

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<v Speaker 1>fastness that fostered them to the land they loved, would

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<v Speaker 1>lead them back full well. They wist that on warrior's

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<v Speaker 1>many battle death seized in the banquet hall of Danish clan.

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<v Speaker 1>But comfort and help war weal weaving to wade of folk,

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<v Speaker 1>the master gave that by might have won over their enemy.

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<v Speaker 1>All prevailed by single strength in sooth, tis told that

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<v Speaker 1>highest God o'er human kind wielded ever through one night,

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<v Speaker 1>striding came the walker in shadow warriors slept, whose hest

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<v Speaker 1>was to guard the gabled hall. All save one. Twas

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<v Speaker 1>widely known that against God's will, the ghostly ravager hymn

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<v Speaker 1>could not hurl to haunts of darkness. Wakeful, ready with

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<v Speaker 1>warrior's wrath, bold, he bided the battle's issue. Then from

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<v Speaker 1>the moorland by misty crags, with God's wrath laden, Grendel came.

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<v Speaker 1>The monster was minded of mankind, now sundry to seize

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<v Speaker 1>in the stately house under welcome, he walked till the

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<v Speaker 1>wine palace. There gold hall of men he gladly discerned,

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<v Speaker 1>flashing with fretwork. Not first time this that he the

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<v Speaker 1>home of Rothcar sought, yet ne'er in his life, day

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<v Speaker 1>late or early, such hardy heroes such hall Thanes found

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<v Speaker 1>to the house. The warrior walked apace, parted from peace.

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<v Speaker 1>The portal opened it, though with forged bolts, fast when

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<v Speaker 1>his fist had struck it, and baleful, he burst in

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<v Speaker 1>his blatant rage the house's mouth all hastily, Then o'er

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<v Speaker 1>fair paved floor. The fiend trod on ireful. He strode there,

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<v Speaker 1>streamed from his eyes fearful flashes like flame to see

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<v Speaker 1>he spied in hall the hero band kin and clansmen

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<v Speaker 1>clustered asleep, hardy liegemen. Then laughed his heart, for the

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<v Speaker 1>monster was minded ere morn should dawn savage to sever

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<v Speaker 1>the soul of each life from body, since lustful banquet

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<v Speaker 1>waited his will, but weird forbade him to seize any

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<v Speaker 1>more of men on earth. After that evening eagerly watched

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<v Speaker 1>Heglack's clansman, his cursed foe, how he would fare in

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<v Speaker 1>fell attack, Not that the monster was minded to pause.

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<v Speaker 1>Straight away, he seized a sleeping warrior for the first

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<v Speaker 1>and tore him fiercely asunder the bone frame, bit drank

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<v Speaker 1>blood in streams, swallowed him piecemeal swiftly. Thus the lifeless

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<v Speaker 1>course was clear, devoured e'en feet and hands. Then farther

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<v Speaker 1>he hied for the hardy hero. With hand he grasped,

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<v Speaker 1>felt for the foe with fiendish claw, for the hero reclining,

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<v Speaker 1>who clutched it boldly, prompt to answer, propped on his arm.

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<v Speaker 1>Soon then saw that shepherd of evils that never he

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<v Speaker 1>met in this middle world in the ways of earth,

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<v Speaker 1>another white with heavier hand, gripe at heart. He feared,

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<v Speaker 1>sorrowed in soul, none the sooner escaped. Fain would he

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<v Speaker 1>flee his fastness, seek the den of devils. No doings

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<v Speaker 1>now such as oft he had done in days of old.

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<v Speaker 1>Then bethought him the hardy higlock fane of his boasted evening.

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<v Speaker 1>Up he bounded, grasped firm his foe, whose fingers cracked.

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<v Speaker 1>The fiend made off, but the earl close followed. The

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<v Speaker 1>monster meant if he might at all to fling himself

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<v Speaker 1>free and far away, fly to the fens. Knew his

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<v Speaker 1>fingers power in the gripe of the grim one, gruesome

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<v Speaker 1>marsh to herod, this monster of harm had made Din

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<v Speaker 1>filled the room. The Danes were bereft, castle dwellers and clansmen,

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<v Speaker 1>all earls of their ale angry were both so savage

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<v Speaker 1>hall guards. The house resounded wonder it was the the

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<v Speaker 1>wine hall firm, in the strain of their struggle, stood

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<v Speaker 1>to earth. The fair house fell not too fast, It

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<v Speaker 1>was within and without by its iron bands, craftily clamped,

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<v Speaker 1>though there crashed from sill. Many a mead bench men

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<v Speaker 1>have told me, gay with gold, where the grim foes

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<v Speaker 1>wrestled so well had weened the wisest suldings, that not

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<v Speaker 1>ever at all might any man that bone decked brave

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<v Speaker 1>house break asunder crushed by craft, unless clasp of fire

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<v Speaker 1>and smoke engulfed it again up rose din redoubled Danes

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<v Speaker 1>of the north with fear and frenzy were filled each

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<v Speaker 1>one who from the war that wailing heard God's foe,

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<v Speaker 1>sounding his grisly song, cry of the conquered, clamorous pain

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<v Speaker 1>from captive of hell too closely held him, he who

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<v Speaker 1>of men in might was strongest in that same day

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<v Speaker 1>of this our life. Not in any wise would the

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<v Speaker 1>Earl's defense suffer that slaughterous stranger to live, unless dealing

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<v Speaker 1>his days and years to men on earth. Now many

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<v Speaker 1>an earth, All of Beowulf, brandished blade ancestral, feigned the

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<v Speaker 1>life of their lord to shield their praised prince. If

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<v Speaker 1>power were theirs. Never they knew as they neared the foe,

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<v Speaker 1>hardy hearted heroes of war, aiming their swords on every

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<v Speaker 1>side the accursed to kill. No keenest blade, no fairest

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<v Speaker 1>of faucians fashioned on earth, could harm or hurt that

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<v Speaker 1>hideous fiend. He was safe by his spells, from sword

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<v Speaker 1>of battle, from edge of iron. Yet his end and

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<v Speaker 1>parting on that same day of this our life woeful

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<v Speaker 1>should be, and his wandering soul far off flit to

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<v Speaker 1>the fiend's domain. Soon he found who in former days,

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<v Speaker 1>harmful in heart and hated of God. On many a

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<v Speaker 1>man such murder wrought that the frame of his body

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<v Speaker 1>failed him. Now for him, the keen souled kinsman of

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<v Speaker 1>Higlac held in hand, hateful alive was to each other,

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<v Speaker 1>the outlawed dire took mortal hurt. A mighty wound showed

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<v Speaker 1>on his shoulder, and sinews cracked, and the bone frame burst.

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<v Speaker 1>To Beowulf, now the glory was given, and Grendel, thence death, sick,

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<v Speaker 1>his denier in the dark moor, sought noisome abode. He

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<v Speaker 1>knew too well that here was the last of life,

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<v Speaker 1>an end of his days on earth. To all the Danes.

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<v Speaker 1>By that bloody battle the boon had come from Ravage,

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<v Speaker 1>had rescued the roving stranger Rothgar's hall. The hardy and

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<v Speaker 1>wise one had perched it anew. His night work pleased him,

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<v Speaker 1>his deed and its honor to eastern Danes. Had the

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<v Speaker 1>valiant geat his vaunt made good. All their sorrow and

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<v Speaker 1>ills are swaged, their bale of battle borne so long,

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<v Speaker 1>and all the dole they erst endured pain a plenty

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<v Speaker 1>twas proof of this, When the hardy in fight a

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<v Speaker 1>hand laid down, arm and shoulder, all indeed of Grendel's

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<v Speaker 1>gripe neath the gabled roof. Many at morning, as men

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<v Speaker 1>have told me, warriors gathered the gift hall round folk

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<v Speaker 1>leaders faring from far and near o'er wide stretched ways

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<v Speaker 1>the wonder to view traces of the traitor. Not troublous

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<v Speaker 1>seemed the enemy's end to any man who saw by

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<v Speaker 1>the gait of the graceless foe. How the weary hearted

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<v Speaker 1>away from thence baffled in battle, and band his steps

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<v Speaker 1>death marked, dragged to the devil's mere. Bloody, the billows

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<v Speaker 1>were boiling there, turbid of a tide, of tumbling waves,

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<v Speaker 1>horribly seething with sword blood hot by that doomed one died, who,

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<v Speaker 1>in den of the moor, laid forlorn his life, adown

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<v Speaker 1>his heathen soul, and hell received it home. Then rode

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<v Speaker 1>the hoary clansmen from that merry journey, and many a

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<v Speaker 1>youth on horses white the hardy warrior's back from the mere.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Beowulf's glory. Eager they echoed, and all averred that

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<v Speaker 1>from sea to sea, or south or north, there was

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<v Speaker 1>no other in earth stoemain under vault of heaven more

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<v Speaker 1>valiant found of warriors none more worthy to rule on

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<v Speaker 1>their lord beloved. They laid no slight gracious rofka a

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<v Speaker 1>good king. He From time to time the tried in

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<v Speaker 1>battle their gray steeds, set to gallop a main, and

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<v Speaker 1>ran a race when the road seemed fair. From time

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<v Speaker 1>to time a thane of the king, who had made

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<v Speaker 1>many vaunts, was mindful of verses stored with saggers and

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<v Speaker 1>songs of old, bound word to word in well knit rhyme,

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<v Speaker 1>wielded his lay. This warrior, soon of Beowulf's quest, right

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<v Speaker 1>cleverly sang and artfully added an excellent tale in well

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<v Speaker 1>ranged words of the warlike deeds he had heard in

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<v Speaker 1>Saga of Sigamund. Strange the story, he said it, all

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<v Speaker 1>the walesings, wanderings wide, his struggles, which never were told

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<v Speaker 1>to tribes of men, the feuds and the frauds, save

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<v Speaker 1>to Foretella. Only when of these doings he deigned to

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<v Speaker 1>speak uncle to nephew. As ever, the twain stood side

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<v Speaker 1>by side in stress of war and multitude of the

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<v Speaker 1>monster kind they had felled with their swords of Sigamund

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<v Speaker 1>grew when he passed from life no little praise for

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<v Speaker 1>the doughty and combat. A dragon killed, that herd it

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<v Speaker 1>the horde under hoary rock. The atheling dared the deed

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<v Speaker 1>alone fearful quest, nor was foreteller there Yet so it

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<v Speaker 1>befell his fortune. Pierced that wondrous worm on the wall,

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<v Speaker 1>it struck best blade. The dragon died in its blood.

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<v Speaker 1>Thus had the dread one, by daring, achieved over the Ringhorde,

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<v Speaker 1>to rule at will himself, to pleasure. A sea boat

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<v Speaker 1>he loaded and bore on its bosom, the beaming gold

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<v Speaker 1>Son of Wales. The worm was consumed. He had, of

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<v Speaker 1>all heroes, the highest renown among races of men, this

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<v Speaker 1>refuge of warriors for deeds of daring that decked his name.

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<v Speaker 1>Since the hand and heart of Heremond grew slack in battle,

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<v Speaker 1>he swiftly banished to mingle with monsters at mercy of foes.

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<v Speaker 1>To death was betrayed, for torrents of sorrow had lamed

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<v Speaker 1>him too long. A bode of care to earls and athlings,

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<v Speaker 1>all he proved oft. Indeed, in earlier days for the

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<v Speaker 1>warrior's wayfaring, wise men mourned, who had hoped of him

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<v Speaker 1>help from harm and bail, and had thought their sovereign's

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<v Speaker 1>son would thrive follow his father his folk protect the

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<v Speaker 1>Horde and the stronghold hero's Land, home of Sildings. But here,

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<v Speaker 1>Faines said the kinsmen of Higlac kindess seemed to all

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<v Speaker 1>the other was urged to crime, and afresh to the

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<v Speaker 1>race the fallow roads by swift steeds measured the morning

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<v Speaker 1>sun was climbing higher. Clan's men hastened to the high

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<v Speaker 1>built wall. Those hearty minded the wonder to witness warden

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<v Speaker 1>of treasure crowned with glory. The king himself, with stately

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<v Speaker 1>band from the bride bower Strode, and with him the

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<v Speaker 1>Queen and her crowd of maidens, measured the path to

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<v Speaker 1>the mead house. Fair Rothgar spake to the hall. He went,

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<v Speaker 1>stood by the steps the steep roof sore garnished with

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<v Speaker 1>gold in Grendel's hand for the sight I see, to

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<v Speaker 1>the sovereign ruler be speedy. Thanks a throng of sorrows

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<v Speaker 1>I have borne from Grendel. But God still works wonder

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<v Speaker 1>on wonder the warden of glory. It was but now

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<v Speaker 1>waited help long as I lived, When laved in blood,

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<v Speaker 1>stood sword gore stained this stateliest house, widespread woe for

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<v Speaker 1>wise men, all who had no hope to hinder ever foes,

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<v Speaker 1>infernal and fiendish sprites from havocan hall. This hero, now,

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<v Speaker 1>by the Wielder's might, a work has done that not

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<v Speaker 1>all of us erst could ever do by wilent wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>Lo well can she say, whoso of women this warrior

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<v Speaker 1>bore among sons of men? If still she liveth that

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<v Speaker 1>the God of the ages was good to her in

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<v Speaker 1>the birth of her bairn. Now Beowulf, thee of Hero's best,

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<v Speaker 1>I shall heartily love as mine own my son. Preserve

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<v Speaker 1>thou ever this kinship knew, Thou shalt never lack wealth

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<v Speaker 1>of the world that I wield as mine full oft.

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<v Speaker 1>For less have I large as showered my precious hoard

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<v Speaker 1>on a punier man, less stout in struggle. Thyself hast

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<v Speaker 1>now fulfilled such deeds that thy fame shall endure through

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<v Speaker 1>all the ages as ever he did. Well, may the

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<v Speaker 1>wielder reward thee Still, Beowulf spake, Baron of Eck, Thou

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<v Speaker 1>this work of war most willingly we have fought this fight,

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<v Speaker 1>and fearlessly dared force of the foe. Fain too, were

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<v Speaker 1>I hadst thou but seen himself. What time the fiend,

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<v Speaker 1>in his trappings tottered to fall swiftly? I thought, in

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<v Speaker 1>strongest scripe on his bed of death, to bind him down,

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<v Speaker 1>that he, in the heart of this hand of mine,

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<v Speaker 1>should breathe his last. But he broke away. Here I

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<v Speaker 1>might not the maker, wild, not hinder from flight, and

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<v Speaker 1>firm enough hold the life destroyer. Too sturdy was he,

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<v Speaker 1>the ruthless, and running for rescue. However he left behind

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<v Speaker 1>him his hand in pledge, arm and shoulder. Nor aught

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<v Speaker 1>of help could the cursed one thus procure it all?

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<v Speaker 1>None the longer liveth he loathsome fiend sunk in his sins,

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<v Speaker 1>But sorrow holds him tightly, grasped in gripe of anguish,

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<v Speaker 1>in baleful bonds. Where abide he must evil outlaw such

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<v Speaker 1>awful doom as the mighty Maker shall meet him out

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<v Speaker 1>more silent seemed the son of eglaff emboastful speech of

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<v Speaker 1>his battle deeds, since Athling's all, through the Earl's great

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<v Speaker 1>prowess beheld that hand on the high roof, gazing foeman's fingers.

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<v Speaker 1>The fore part of each of the sturdy nails to

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<v Speaker 1>steel was likest heathen's hand, spear, hostile warrior's chlor uncanny.

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<v Speaker 1>Twas clear they said that him, no blade of the

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<v Speaker 1>brave could touch, how keen soever, or cut away that

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<v Speaker 1>battle hand, bloody from baneful foe. End of Section three.