Prologue Hear me! We've heard of Danish heroes, Ancient kings and the glory they cut For themselves, swinging mighty swords! How Shild made slaves of soldiers from every (5) Land, crowds of captives he'd beaten Into terror; he'd traveled to Denmark alone, An abandoned child, but changed his...

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2011年11月7日 · Beowulf by Raffel, Burton. Publication date 1999 Topics Epic poetry, English (Old), Monsters, Dragons Publisher New York : Signet Classic Collection

So Beowulf Chose the mightiest men he could find, The bravest and best of the Geats, fourteen In all, and led them down to their boat; He knew the sea, would point the prow° 105 Straight to that distant Danish shore. Then they sailed, set their ship Out on the waves, under the cliffs. Ready for what came they wound through the currents,