"She was doomed to dwell in the dreary waters, / cold sea-courses, since Cain cut down"
"To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, / dauntless victor. . . ."
"I will reward thee, for waging this fight, / with ancient treasure, as erst I did, / with winding gold, if thou winnest back"
"'Hrunting' they named the hilted sWord, / of old-time heirlooms easily first"
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"It came in his mind / to bid his henchmen a hall uprear"
"How ceaselessly Grendel / harassed Hrothgar . . ."
"'Who are ye, then, ye arméd men, / mailéd folk . . .'"
"'To Hrothgar I / in greatness of soul would succor bring'"
"The livelong time / after that grim fight, Grendel's mother, / monster of women, mourned her woe"
"Too soon came back / old ills of the earls, when in she burst, / the mother of Grendel. . . ."
"Hero famed / should be every earl as Aeschere was! / But here in Heorot a hand hath slain him"
"Then girt him Beowulf / in martial mail, nor mourned for his life"
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