1715 "eaxl-gesteallan, ôð þät he âna hwearf, "mære þeóden. mon-dreámum from: "þeáh þe hine mihtig god mägenes wynnum, "eafeðum stêpte, ofer ealle men "forð gefremede, hwäðere him on ferhðe greów 1720 "breóst-hord blôd-reów: nallas beágas geaf "Denum äfter dôme; dreám-leás gebâd, "þät he þäs gewinnes weorc þrowade, "leód-bealo longsum. Þu þe lær be þon, "gum-cyste ongit! ic þis gid be þe 1725 "âwräc wintrum frôd. Wundor is tô secganne, "hû mihtig god manna cynne "þurh sîdne sefan snyttru bryttað, "eard and eorl-scipe, he âh ealra geweald. "Hwîlum he on lufan læteð hworfan 1730 "monnes môd-geþonc mæran cynnes, "seleð him on êðle eorðan wynne, "tô healdanne hleó-burh wera, "gedêð him swâ gewealdene worolde dælas, "sîde rîce, þät he his selfa ne mäg 1735 "for his un-snyttrum ende geþencean; "wunað he on wiste, nô hine wiht dweleð, "âdl ne yldo, ne him inwit-sorh "on sefan sweorceð, ne gesacu ôhwær, "ecg-hete eóweð, ac him eal worold 1740 "wendeð on willan; he þät wyrse ne con, "ôð þät him on innan ofer-hygda dæl "weaxeð and wridað, þonne se weard swefeð, "sâwele hyrde: bið se slæp tô fäst, "bisgum gebunden, bona swîðe neáh, 1745 "se þe of flân-bogan fyrenum sceóteð. XXVI. THE DISCOURSE IS ENDED.--BEÓWULF PREPARES TO LEAVE.