Seamus Heaney Quote
Bebeorh þé ðone bealo-níð, Béowulf léofa,secg betsta, ond þé þæt sélre gecéos,éce rǽdas; ofer-hýda ne gým,mǽre cempa! Nú is þines mægnes blǽdáne hwíle; eft sóna biðþæt þec ádl oððe ecg eafoþes getwǽfeð,oððe fýres feng oððe flódes wylmoððe gripe méces oððe gáres flihtoððe atol yldo, oððe éagena bearhtmforsiteð ond forsworceð; semninga bið,þæt ðec, dryht-guma, déað oferswýðeð.O flower of warriors, beware of that trap.Choose, dear Béowulf, the better part,eternal rewards. Do not give way to pride.For a brief while your strength is in bloombut it fades quickly; and soon there will followillness or the sword to lay you low,or a sudden fire or a surge of wateror jabbing blade or javelin from the airor repellent age. Your piercing eyewill dim and darken; and death will arrive,dear warrior, to sweep you away.
Bebeorh þé ðone bealo-níð, Béowulf léofa,secg betsta, ond þé þæt sélre gecéos,éce rǽdas; ofer-hýda ne gým,mǽre cempa! Nú is þines mægnes blǽdáne hwíle; eft sóna biðþæt þec ádl oððe ecg eafoþes getwǽfeð,oððe fýres feng oððe flódes wylmoððe gripe méces oððe gáres flihtoððe atol yldo, oððe éagena bearhtmforsiteð ond forsworceð; semninga bið,þæt ðec, dryht-guma, déað oferswýðeð.O flower of warriors, beware of that trap.Choose, dear Béowulf, the better part,eternal rewards. Do not give way to pride.For a brief while your strength is in bloombut it fades quickly; and soon there will followillness or the sword to lay you low,or a sudden fire or a surge of wateror jabbing blade or javelin from the airor repellent age. Your piercing eyewill dim and darken; and death will arrive,dear warrior, to sweep you away.