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Odysseus819 · 07-31-2001, 09:47 AM

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Re: Beowulf

Halbarad --

I wd have thought that many scholars ascribed great worth to Beowulf. In any case there's a semi-new (couple years old maybe) translation of Beowulf by Seamus Heaney that's really good.

<font size = "-2"> [i] Listen! the mighty Being is awake / And doth with his eternal motion make / A sound like thunder--everlastingly.</p>

07-31-2001, 09:47 AM	#11
Odysseus819 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 699	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ghost-Prince of Cardolan Posts: 620</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Beowulf Halbarad -- I wd have thought that many scholars ascribed great worth to Beowulf. In any case there's a semi-new (couple years old maybe) translation of Beowulf by Seamus Heaney that's really good. <font size = "-2"> [i] Listen! the mighty Being is awake / And doth with his eternal motion make / A sound like thunder--everlastingly.</p>