We must hurry now To take a... «Beowulf: A New Verse Translation»
innashpitzberg29 июня 2013We must hurry now To take a last look at the king And launch him, lord and lavisher of rings, On the funeral road. His royal pyre Will melt no small amount of gold: Heaped there in the hoard, it was bought at heavy cost, And that pile of rings he paid for at the end With his own life will go up in flames, Be furled in fire: treasure no follower Will wear in his memory, nor lovely woman Link and attach as a torque around her neck--
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