Tuesday, February 16, 2010

On Reading Beowulf

"Do not give way to pride. For a brief while your strength is in bloom but it fades quickly; and soon there will follow illness or the sword to lay you low, or a sudden fire or surge of water or jabbing blade or javelin form the air or repellent age. Your piercing eye will dim and darken; and death will arrive, dear warrior, to sweep you away." -Beowulf.

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