BP+SeJune

Lines 1987-2025


" How did your adventure go, Beowulf, since you abruptly went you set sail overseas and help Heorot? Did you help hrothgar in the end? Did you ease the prince of his known troubles? Your adventure saddened me, I was scared of the ending of your adventure and tried to convince you to leave the monster be let the South-Danes settle their own troubles with Grendel. So thank God I can see you, safe and sound Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, spoke: Everyone knows what happened, Lord Hygelac among the men of this world that Grendel and I fought on the very spot he visited the Victory-Shieldings and avenged all the lives so Grendel could boast no more no matter how long the last of his evil family survives When I first landed I quickly went and greeted Hrothgar. Once he knew my motives the son of Halfdane had me sit with his own sons It was a happy gathering. In my whole life I never saw mead enjoyed so much. Sometimes the queen herself appeared, peace-keeper between nations, to hearten the young ones and hand out a torque to a warrior, then return to her place. Sometimes Hrothgar's daughter distributed ale to older ranks, in order on the benches: I learned her name, Freawaru as she passed around, presenting men with the gem-studded bowl, young bride-to-be to the gracious Ingeld, in her gold-trimmed attire.
 * //'"How did you fare on your foreign voyage,//**
 * //dear Beowulf, when you abruptly decided//**
 * //to sail away across the salt water//**
 * //and fight at Heorot?//**
 * //Did you help Hrothgar//**
 * //much in the end? Could you ease the prince//**
 * //of his well-known troubles?//**
 * //Your undertaking//**
 * //cast my spirits down, I dreaded the outcome//**
 * //of your expedition and pleaded with you//**
 * //long and hard to leave the killer be,//**
 * //let the South-Danes settle their own//**
 * //blood-feud with Grendel. So God be thanked//**
 * //I am granted this sight of you, safe and sound."//**
 * //Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, spoke://**
 * //"What happened, Lord Hygelac, is hardly a secret//**
 * //any more among the men in this world-//**
 * //myself and Grendel coming to grips//**
 * //on the very spot where he visited destruction//**
 * //on the Victory-Shieldings and violated//**
 * //life and limb, losses I avenged//**
 * //so no earthly offspring of Grendel's//**
 * //need ever boast of that bout before dawn,//**
 * //no matter how long the last of his evil//**
 * //family survives.//**
 * //When I first landed//**
 * //I hastened to the ring-hall ad saluted Hrothgar.//**
 * //Once he discovered why I had come//**
 * //the son of Halfdane sent me immediately//**
 * //to sit with his own sons on the bench.//**
 * //It was a happy gathering. In my whole life//**
 * //I have never seen mead enjoyed more//**
 * //in any hall on earth. Sometimes the queen//**
 * //herself appeared, peace-pledge between nations,//**
 * //to hearten the young ones and hand out//**
 * //a torque to a warrior, then take her place.//**
 * //Sometimes Hrothgar's daughter distributed//**
 * //ale to older ranks, in order on the benches://**
 * //I heard the company call her Freawaru//**
 * //as she made her rounds, presenting men//**
 * //with the gem-studded bowl, young bride-to-be//**
 * //to the gracious Ingeld, in her gold-trimmed attire.'"//**