Explore "Beowulf" by Anonymous on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
{Beowulf relates his last exploit.}
Beowulf spake, offspring of Ecgtheow: "Lo! we blithely have brought thee, bairn of Healfdene, Prince of the Scyldings, these presents from ocean Which thine eye looketh on, for an emblem of glory. I came off alive from this, narrowly 'scaping: In war 'neath the water the work with great pains I Performed, and the fight had been finished quite nearly, Had God not defended me. I failed in the battle Aught to accomplish, aided by Hrunting, Though that weapon was worthy, but the Wielder of earth-folk