Epic poem · c. 8th–11th century (this translation 1910)

Beowulf

by Beowulf Poet

Translated by Francis Barton Gummere (1910)

The Geatish hero Beowulf crosses the sea to rid the Danish hall of Heorot of the monster Grendel, then Grendel's vengeful mother, and in old age faces a dragon guarding a cursed hoard — the oldest surviving epic in English.

Contents · 42 parts

• Prelude of the Founder of the Danish House52 lines
• Fitt I62 lines
• Fitt II74 lines
• Fitt III69 lines
• Fitt IV62 lines
• Fitt V51 lines
• Fitt VI86 lines
• Fitt VII43 lines
• Fitt VIII60 lines
• Fitt IXabout 100 lines
• Fitt X48 lines
• Fitt XI82 lines
• Fitt XII46 lines
• Fitt XIII88 lines
• Fitt XIV66 lines
• Fitt XV60 lines
• Fitt XVI75 lines
• Fitt XVII68 lines
• Fitt XVIII60 lines
• Fitt XIX70 lines
• Fitt XX62 lines
• Fitt XXI91 lines
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• Fitt XXIII94 lines
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• Fitt XXV73 lines
• Fitt XXVI71 lines
• Fitt XXVII75 lines
• Fitt XXVIIIabout 180 lines
• Fitt XXIX77 lines
• Fitt XXX91 lines
• Fitt XXXI79 lines
• Fitt XXXII69 lines
• Fitt XXXIIIabout 140 lines
• Fitt XXXIV92 lines
• Fitt XXXV58 lines
• Fitt XXXVI69 lines
• Fitt XXXVII72 lines
• Fitt XXXVIII54 lines
• Fitt XXXIXabout 110 lines
• Fitt XL79 lines
• Fitt XLI46 lines

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