1715 "eaxl-gesteallan, oð þæt hē āna hwearf, "mǣre þēoden. mon-drēamum from: "þēah þe hine mihtig god mægenes wynnum, "eafeðum stēpte, ofer ealle men "forð gefremede, hwæðere him on ferhðe grēow 1720 "brēost-hord blōd-rēow: nallas bēagas geaf "Denum æfter dōme; drēam-lēas gebād, "þæt hē þæs gewinnes weorc þrowade, "lēod-bealo longsum. Þū þē lǣr be þon, "gum-cyste ongit! ic þis gid be þē 1725 "āwræc wintrum frōd. Wundor is tō secganne, "hū mihtig god manna cynne "þurh sīdne sefan snyttru bryttað, "eard and eorl-scipe, hē āh ealra geweald. "Hwīlum hē on lufan lǣteð hworfan 1730 "monnes mōd-geþonc mǣran cynnes, "seleð him on ēðle eorðan wynne, "tō healdanne hlēo-burh wera, "gedēð him swā gewealdene worolde dǣlas, "sīde rīce, þæt hē his selfa ne mæg 1735 "for his un-snyttrum ende geþencean; "wunað hē on wiste, nō hine wiht dweleð, "ādl nē yldo, nē him inwit-sorh "on sefan sweorceð, nē gesacu ōhwǣr, "ecg-hete ēoweð, ac him eal worold 1740 "wendeð on willan; hē þæt wyrse ne con, "oð þæt him on innan ofer-hygda dǣl "weaxeð and wridað, þonne se weard swefeð, "sāwele hyrde: bið se slǣp tō fæst, "bisgum gebunden, bona swīðe nēah, 1745 "sē þe of flān-bogan fyrenum scēoteð. XXVI. THE DISCOURSE IS ENDED.-BĒOWULF PREPARES TO LEAVE.
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