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HASTENED the hardy one henchmen with him	A
sandy strand of the sea to tread	B
and widespread ways The world's great candle	C
sun shone from south They strode along	D
with sturdy steps to the spot they knew	E
where the battle king young his burg within	F
slayer of Ongentheow shared the rings	G
shelter of heroes To Hygelac	D
Beowulf's coming was quickly told	H
that there in the court the clansmen's refuge	I
the shield companion sound and alive	J
hale from the hero play homeward strode	K
With haste in the hall by highest order	L
room for the rovers was readily made	M
By his sovran he sat come safe from battle	C
kinsman by kinsman His kindly lord	N
he first had greeted in gracious form	O
with manly words The mead dispensing	D
came through the high hall Haereth's daughter	L
winsome to warriors wine cup bore	P
to the hands of the heroes Hygelac then	Q
his comrade fairly with question plied	R
in the lofty hall sore longing to know	S
what manner of sojourn the Sea Geats made	M
What came of thy quest my kinsman Beowulf	T
when thy yearnings suddenly swept thee yonder	L
battle to seek o'er the briny sea	U
combat in Heorot Hrothgar couldst thou	V
aid at all the honored chief	W
in his wide known woes With waves of care	X
my sad heart seethed I sore mistrusted	Y
my loved one's venture long I begged thee	U
by no means to seek that slaughtering monster	L
but suffer the South Danes to settle their feud	Z
themselves with Grendel Now God be thanked	A2
that safe and sound I can see thee now	V
Beowulf spake the bairn of Ecgtheow	U
'Tis known and unhidden Hygelac Lord	N
to many men that meeting of ours	B2
struggle grim between Grendel and me	U
which we fought on the field where full too many	U
sorrows he wrought for the Scylding Victors	B2
evils unending These all I avenged	C2
No boast can be from breed of Grendel	C
any on earth for that uproar at dawn	D2
from the longest lived of the loathsome race	E2
in fleshly fold But first I went	F2
Hrothgar to greet in the hall of gifts	G2
where Healfdene's kinsman high renowned	H2
soon as my purpose was plain to him	A
assigned me a seat by his son and heir	X
The liegemen were lusty my life days never	L
such merry men over mead in hall	I2
have I heard under heaven The high born queen	J2
people's peace bringer passed through the hall	I2
cheered the young clansmen clasps of gold	H
ere she sought her seat to sundry gave	K2
Oft to the heroes Hrothgar's daughter	L
to earls in turn the ale cup tendered	L2
she whom I heard these hall companions	M2
Freawaru name when fretted gold	H
she proffered the warriors Promised is she	U
gold decked maid to the glad son of Froda	H
Sage this seems to the Scylding's friend	H
kingdom's keeper he counts it wise	N2
the woman to wed so and ward off feud	H
store of slaughter But seldom ever	L
when men are slain does the murder spear sink	D
but briefest while though the bride be fair	X
Nor haply will like it the Heathobard lord	H
and as little each of his liegemen all	I2
when a thane of the Danes in that doughty throng	D
goes with the lady along their hall	I2
and on him the old time heirlooms glisten	O2
hard and ring decked Heathobard's treasure	L
weapons that once they wielded fair	X
until they lost at the linden play	P2
liegeman leal and their lives as well	Q2
Then over the ale on this heirloom gazing	D
some ash wielder old who has all in mind	H
that spear death of men he is stern of mood	H
heavy at heart in the hero young	D
tests the temper and tries the soul	R2
and war hate wakens with words like these	S2
Canst thou not comrade ken that sword	H
which to the fray thy father carried	H
in his final feud 'neath the fighting mask	D
dearest of blades when the Danish slew him	A
and wielded the war place on Withergild's fall	I2
after havoc of heroes those hardy Scyldings	S2
Now the son of a certain slaughtering Dane	T2
proud of his treasure paces this hall	I2
joys in the killing and carries the jewel	C
that rightfully ought to be owned by thee	U
Thus he urges and eggs him all the time	U2
with keenest words till occasion offers	S2
that Freawaru's thane for his father's deed	H
after bite of brand in his blood must slumber	L
losing his life but that liegeman flies	S2
living away for the land he kens	S2
And thus be broken on both their sides	S2
oaths of the earls when Ingeld's breast	H
wells with war hate and wife love now	V
after the care billows cooler grows	S2
So I hold not high the Heathobards' faith	U
due to the Danes or their during love	V2
and pact of peace But I pass from that	H
turning to Grendel O giver of treasure	L
and saying in full how the fight resulted	H
hand fray of heroes When heaven's jewel	C
had fled o'er far fields that fierce sprite came	W2
night foe savage to seek us out	H
where safe and sound we sentried the hall	I2
To Hondscio then was that harassing deadly	U
his fall there was fated He first was slain	T2
girded warrior Grendel on him	A
turned murderous mouth on our mighty kinsman	X2
and all of the brave man's body devoured	H
Yet none the earlier empty handed	H
would the bloody toothed murderer mindful of bale	Y2
outward go from the gold decked hall	I2
but me he attacked in his terror of might	H
with greedy hand grasped me A glove hung by him	A
wide and wondrous wound with bands	S2
and in artful wise it all was wrought	H
by devilish craft of dragon skins	S2
Me therein an innocent man	X2
the fiendish foe was fain to thrust	H
with many another He might not so	S2
when I all angrily upright stood	H
'Twere long to relate how that land destroyer	L
I paid in kind for his cruel deeds	S2
yet there my prince this people of thine	Z2
got fame by my fighting He fled away	P2
and a little space his life preserved	H
but there staid behind him his stronger hand	H
left in Heorot heartsick thence	S2
on the floor of the ocean that outcast fell	Q2
Me for this struggle the Scyldings' friend	H
paid in plenty with plates of gold	H
with many a treasure when morn had come	A3
and we all at the banquet board sat down	B3
Then was song and glee The gray haired Scylding	D
much tested told of the times of yore	P
Whiles the hero his harp bestirred	H
wood of delight now lays he chanted	H
of sooth and sadness or said aright	H
legends of wonder the wide hearted king	D
or for years of his youth he would yearn at times	S2
for strength of old struggles now stricken with age	C3
hoary hero his heart surged full	D3
when wise with winters he wailed their flight	H
Thus in the hall the whole of that day	H
at ease we feasted till fell o'er earth	U
another night Anon full ready	H
in greed of vengeance Grendel's mother	L
set forth all doleful Dead was her son	O2
through war hate of Weders now woman monstrous	S2
with fury fell a foeman she slew	E
avenged her offspring From Aeschere old	H
loyal councillor life was gone	D2
nor might they e'en when morning broke	D
those Danish people their death done comrade	H
burn with brands on balefire lay	H
the man they mourned Under mountain stream	E3
she had carried the corpse with cruel hands	S2
For Hrothgar that was the heaviest sorrow	S2
of all that had laden the lord of his folk	D
The leader then by thy life besought me	H
sad was his soul in the sea waves' coil	F3
to play the hero and hazard my being	D
for glory of prowess my guerdon he pledged	H
I then in the waters 'tis widely known	G3
that sea floor guardian savage found	H
Hand to hand there a while we struggled	H
billows welled blood in the briny hall	I2
her head I hewed with a hardy blade	H
from Grendel's mother and gained my life	H3
though not without danger My doom was not yet	H
Then the haven of heroes Healfdene's son	O2
gave me in guerdon great gifts of price	S2

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