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Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames — a king, before, but now A beaten warrior. None of his comrades Came to him, helped him, his brave and noble Followers; they ran for their lives, fled Deep in a wood. And only one of them Remained, stood there, miserable, remembering, As a good man must, what kinship should mean.

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I've never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me

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Burton Raffel

Burton Raffel

Born: April 27, 1928
Died: September 29, 2015 (aged 87)
Bio: Burton Nathan Raffel was a translator, a poet and a teacher. He translated many poems, including the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, poems by Horace, and Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais. In 1964, Raffel recorded an album along with Robert P.
Known for:
  1. The art of translating prose (1988)
  2. How to Read a Poem (1984)
  3. The Annotated Milton (2008)
  4. The development of modern Indonesian poetry (1967)

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