Wiglaf also chastises the nobles who served with Beowulf, but did not come to his aid. The society is thrown into doubt now that their greatest hero has fallen.
The spear must be seized, morning-cold,
hefted in hand, on many dark dawns;
no harp music will wake the warriors,
but the black raven above doomed men
shall tell the eagle how he fared at meat
when with the wolf he stripped the bodies.
Each generation must rise and face the chaos of the world or be consumed by it.
Wiglaf also chastises the nobles who served with Beowulf, but did not come to his aid. The society is thrown into doubt now that their greatest hero has fallen.
The spear must be seized, morning-cold,
hefted in hand, on many dark dawns;
no harp music will wake the warriors,
but the black raven above doomed men
shall tell the eagle how he fared at meat
when with the wolf he stripped the bodies.
Each generation must rise and face the chaos of the world or be consumed by it.
Wiglaf also chastises the nobles who served with Beowulf, but did not come to his aid. The society is thrown into doubt now that their greatest hero has fallen.
The spear must be seized, morning-cold,
hefted in hand, on many dark dawns;
no harp music will wake the warriors,
but the black raven above doomed men
shall tell the eagle how he fared at meat
when with the wolf he stripped the bodies.
Each generation must rise and face the chaos of the world or be consumed by it.
Wiglaf also chastises the nobles who served with Beowulf, but did not come to his aid. The society is thrown into doubt now that their greatest hero has fallen.
The spear must be seized, morning-cold,
hefted in hand, on many dark dawns;
no harp music will wake the warriors,
but the black raven above doomed men
shall tell the eagle how he fared at meat
when with the wolf he stripped the bodies.
Each generation must rise and face the chaos of the world or be consumed by it.