I., Beowulf to Jacobean; *Vol.

Descent of, 9; hall of, 10; reward offered by, 11; Beowulf at court of, 13; feast of, 15; grief of, 15; Beowulf takes leave of, 16. HROUD'LAN-DUS.

She pledged Beowulf in a cup of wine, which he gallantly drained after she had touched it to her lips.

Night comes on; the fear of Grendel is again upon the Danes, and all withdraw after the king has warned Beowulf of the frightful danger of sleeping in the hall.

Breka was driven ashore, but the current bore Beowulf toward some jagged cliffs, where he desperately clung, trying to resist the fury of the waves, and using his sword to ward off the attacks of hostile mermaids, nicors (nixies), and other sea monsters.

You cannot read much of Beowulf with Homer in your mind, without becoming conscious that the difference in individual genius is by no means the whole difference.