>Very nice! Did you compose that yourself, or adapt it from a saga? I
>may just have to take another look; that's the kind of thing that
>would definitely be useful during a game.
>
>Guy
>
Why, sir, I cribbed it from the last lines of "Beowulf" (tr.
K.Crossley-Holland). Seamus Heaney's is better, though.
This (slightly adapted) from the Finnesburgh Fragment:
Then the young king spoke, a novice in battle:
"This light is not the light of dawn; no fiery dragon flies overhead;
The gables of this hall are not lit up with shining flames;
But the Red Moon Men draw near with swords of steel.
The birds of battle screech,
Shield answers shaft.
The rosy moon wanders on her way
Below the clouds, gleaming;
evil deeds will now be done,
Provoking pitched battle.
Wake up now, my warriors!
Grasp your shields, arm yourselves!
Step forward and be brave!"
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