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Beowulf

Chapter 3 

Word Count: 505    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

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f these days;

orrow; too sor

ong, that lay

burdens and ba

his home Hyg

eats, of Gren

mightiest m

e day of th

stately. A st

ady. Yon battle

wan-road he fa

onarch who

journey by

ed, though they

e hero, and hai

old one from

e, the keenes

d find; with

he sought, and

to the lan

lown; 16 afloa

uff. On board

ady; waves

and; the s

f the bark thei

weapons: the

way, the well

the waters by

a bird with b

on due, on t

prow such c

now could s

hining, stee

ad. Their hav

y ended. Up

7 clansmen cl

sea-wood, wit

battle: God

eace o'er the p

he cliff a Scy

t watched th

er the gangway g

eadiness; won

manner of m

he strand his

nchman; with

spear, and sp

e, then, y

, that yon

hus over the

he waters?

o'er the se

e to the fo

fleet should

er at ease t

ers: 18 yet

lack from c

ement. - A gre

world than is

harness! N

pons, if witnes

esence! I pray

d home, lest

wander your

and. Now, d

ellers, ta

e: the soone

e country wh

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“Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature.”