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Canon spine row 33. Beowulf. Era: 8th–11th C CE. Lang: Old English.
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Glory, duty, and death are inseparable: the hero's worth is proven in battle and mourned in its passing.
ambition-and-status
By works of distinction thou hast gained for thyself now that thy glory shall flourish forever and ever.
BEOWU-RC-033He fittingly ruled them a fifty of winters — he a man-ruler wise was, manor-ward old.
BEOWU-RC-061A man of celebrity, mindful of rhythms, who ancient traditions treasured in memory… the bard after 'gan then Beowulf's venture wisely to tell of.
BEOWU-RC-031grief
War-death hath ravished, perilous life-bale, all my warriors, liegemen belovèd, who this life have forsaken.
BEOWU-RC-062mortality
Fearful the start was to earls in the land, as it early thereafter to their giver-of-gold was grievously ended.
BEOWU-RC-063The fire-spewing dragon fully had wasted the fastness of warriors… fully he knew then that wood from the forest would fail him.
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