Beowulf Quotes

“Deck timbers creaked, and the wind billowing through the sail stretched from the mast, tied tight with ropes, did not hold them back, did not keep the ring-prowed ship from foaming swiftly through the waves, the sea currents, across the wide ocean.”
― Burton Raffel, Beowulf with Related Readings

“Then God’s bright beacon appeared in the east, the water lay still, and at last I could see the land, wind-swept Cliff-walls at the edge of the coast.”
― Burton Raffel, Beowulf with Related Readings

“So should all men raise up words for their lords, warm with love, when their shield and protector leaves his body behind, sends his soul on high.”
― Burton Raffel, Beowulf with Related Readings