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THE TALE OF BEOWULF
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In such wise they grieved, the folk of the Geats,
For the fall of their lord, e'en they his hearth-fellows;
Quoth they that he was a world-king forsooth,
The mildest of all men, unto men kindest,3180
To his folk the most gentlest, most yearning of fame.
For the fall of their lord, e'en they his hearth-fellows;
Quoth they that he was a world-king forsooth,
The mildest of all men, unto men kindest,3180
To his folk the most gentlest, most yearning of fame.
