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“Twere a marvel if he met not some monstrous foe, and that so fierce and foreboding that fight he must. So many were the wonders he wandered among that to tell but the tenth part would tax my wits. Now with serpents he wars, now with savage wolves, now with wild men of the woods, that watched from…” quote by Beowulf — Download Open image

“Twere a marvel if he met not some monstrous foe, and that so fierce and foreboding that fight he must. So many were the wonders he wandered among that to tell but the tenth part would tax my wits. Now with serpents he wars, now with savage wolves, now with wild men of the woods, that watched from the rocks, both with bulls and bears, and with boars besides, and giants that came gibbering from the jagged steeps.”

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