Hygelac’s kinsman kept thinking about
his name and fame: he never lost heart.
– Beowulf, Seamus Heaney (trans.)
Lines 1529-1530: Beowulf, after his sword fails to cut Grendel’s mother.
Hygelac’s kinsman kept thinking about
his name and fame: he never lost heart.
– Beowulf, Seamus Heaney (trans.)