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"It would take too long to tell how I repaid
the terror of the land for every life he took
and so won credit for you, my king,
and for all your people."

girl it was like ten lines

"He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain,
Limped and looped in it."

i love when. words

loving the 750 lines of verse buildup to grendel being the scariest monster on the face of the fucking earth and then beowulf just grabs him like a kitten

"Adorned in her gold, she graciously saluted
The men in the hall, then handed the cup
First to Hrothgar, their homeland’s guardian,
Urging him to drink deep and enjoy it,
Because he was dear to them. And he drank it down
Like the warlord he was, with festive cheer."
ancient scandinavian SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS

"My flesh was not for feasting on,
There would be no monsters gnawing and gloating
Over their banquet at the bottom of the sea.
Instead, in the morning, mangled and sleeping
The sleep of the sword, they slopped and floated
Like the ocean’s leavings."

school time >:3