was destined to dare the deeps of the flood. till Hrethelings fought in the fenced town. Bright with gold. that the earl made known his noble strain. puts in his power great parts of the earth, So he waxes in wealth, nowise can harm him, shadow his spirit; no sword-hate threatens. by that doomed one dyed, who in den of the moor. This is the epic legend of Beowulf's battle Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 and Professor of Poetry at Oxford and Harvard universities, Seamus Heaney is perhaps the bestknown and most celebrated poet of the last fifty years. that safe and sound they could see him again. and saying in full how the fight resulted. to devour their victim, vengeful creatures. Beowulf is my name. want to take part in the Poetry By Heart competition or use the Teaching Zone resources, you'll A pact he offered: as forced to follow their fee-givers slayer. Grendels head, where the henchmen were drinking. and surges swallowed that shepherd of gems. the fiend in his trappings tottered to fall! His boon was granted. with bright-gold helmet, breastplate, and ring. from that merry journey, and many a youth. with warlike front: to the woods they bent them. Who is Beowulf? Then about that barrow the battle-keen rode. and clear his cry neath the cliff-rocks gray. Warriors slept, whose hest was to guard the gabled hall, , that against Gods will the ghostly ravager. Then she turned to the seat where her sons were placed. And I heard that soon passed oer the path of this treasure. Branding and website by Howoco His encounters show he is the strongest and most able fighter The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrogar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendels mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering. come warriors willing, should war draw nigh. a biting blade by his breastplate hanging. through wave-whirl win: twas wound with chains. Lord of Scyldings, weve lustily brought thee. for the first move the monster would make. and bade that ye build, when he breathed no more. blazoned with jewels: the blade had melted. THEN hastened those heroes their home to see. then edge of the sword must seal his doom. this mission of mine, to thy master-lord, grace that we greet him, the good one, now.. wealth of the world that I wield as mine! had the valiant Geat his vaunt made good. And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men, with knife-wounds sick:no sword availed, oer friend and foe. in mead-hall may live with loving friends. Their ocean-keel boarding. THE fall of his lord he was fain to requite, friend to the friendless, and forces sent. that lordly building, and long it bode so. in haste shall oerwhelm, thou hero of war! brilliantly broidered; so bright its gleam, and viewed all these vessels. Hygelacs kinsman was keenly watching beheld that hand, on the high roof gazing, of the sturdy nails to steel was likest, , heathens hand-spear, hostile warriors. With sorrow one bought, his rest of the evening, as ofttime had happened. for this fall of their friends, the fighting-Scylfings, when once they learn that our warrior leader, furthered his folks weal, finished his course. his days on earth, and the dragon with him, though long it had watched oer the wealth of the hoard! that there in the court the clansmens refuge. too long, too loathsome. to wake him with water. No good hawk now. spake words of hail to his hearth-companions. where sons of the Frisians were sure to be. he sought, and the struggle; himself knew not. blow nerved by hate. with swine-forms set it, that swords nowise. where safe and sound we sentried the hall. with thee alone! Thus had the dread-one by daring achieved. Fire shall devour, and wan flames feed on the fearless warrior, when, sped from the string, a storm of arrows. the bone-frame bit, drank blood in streams. for the gleaming blade that its glory fell. and widespread ways. came over the Danes. Beowulfs quest. headlands sheer, and the haunts of the Nicors. my strength had been lost had the Lord not shielded me. who, blazing at twilight the barrows haunteth. by wrath and lying his life should reave! though of sons of earth his strength was greatest. Learning design by The Full English stole with it away, while the watcher slept, by thievish wiles: for the wardens wrath. docx, 209.19 KB. and ran a race when the road seemed fair. Heedless of harm, though his hand was burned. Twas bright within, as when from the sky there shines unclouded, By the wall then went he; his weapon raised, angry and eager. She grasped out for him with grisly claws, and the warrior seized; yet scathed she not. Long was he spurned. at the Scylding lords feet sat: men had faith in his spirit, his keenness of courage, though kinsmen had found him. First time, this. Now to thee, my prince, I proffer them all. shall burn with the warrior. Swift on the billows, with boar-spears well. far oer the swan-road he fain would seek. But soon he marked. of life despairing. But I pass from that. It is very long and tells the story safely sought, where since she prospered. in the den of the dragon, the dawn-flier old: each human wight: let him hide it who will! neer heard I a harder neath heavens dome. of wandering death-sprite. his bairn and his bride: so he bent him again, old, to his earth-walls. Such held themselves, Thus ruled unrighteous and raged his fill. It was written in the 8th century by an Anglo-Saxon minstrel and gorged on him in lumps, leaving the body with blood of foemen, and Finn was slain. A strait path reached it. methinks, of our liking; their leader most surely, a hero that hither his henchmen has led.. Vikings Activity Pack 5.0 (8 reviews) FREE Resource! the Wielder of Wonder, with worlds renown. But fire in this fight I must fear me now, breastplate and board. Wandering exiles. himself to pleasure; a sea-boat he loaded. to watch, many-wintered: nor wins he thereby! The action takes place in the great mead hall, where warriors would go to drink and to celebrate victories in stories and songs. death-marked dragged to the devils mere. He slew, wrath-swollen, his shoulder-comrades. Old men together. was whelmed by the hurly through hand of mine. There saw they, besides, the strangest being. BEOWULF SOUND POEMS If theres time after make a visual version of the whole poem by asking the students to write down their lines on paper, this hoard-hold of heroes. Choose a poem Learn it by heart Perform it out loud, Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Links Off. though brief his respite. my warrior-friends, if War should seize me; Hrethels son see, when he stares at the treasure. Twas a lord unpeered. the high battle-helmet, the haughty spear, the corselet of rings. And now the timbers trembled and sang, the Waegmunding name. Beowulf In this lesson, we will learn about the origins of the Old English Epic poem Beowulf, and examine why it is still so important today. gold-decked bride, to the brave young prince, oer the fallow flood at her fathers bidding. Of force in fight no feebler I count me. in ten days time their toil had raised it, the battle-braves beacon. that sickness or sword thy strength shall minish. inside the stockade: stumbling in fury, Be guardian, thou, to this group of my thanes. first time what was fashioned in far-off days. and each kept watch oer the others weal. in his final feud, neath the fighting-mask, dearest of blades, when the Danish slew him. a sennight strove ye. slain by the sword: at the slaughter they fell. to the folk and fastness that fostered them. She greeted the Geats lord, God she thanked. Grave were their spirits. but for pressure of peril, some princes thane. They placed in the barrow that precious booty. And the helmet hard, all haughty with gold, shall part from its plating. in the sore distress of their sovran lord. edge of the blade: twas a big-hearted man! docx, 1.14 MB. shall rest after revel. Through store of struggles I strove in youth. Then was song and glee. wail arose, and bewildering fear None the longer liveth he, loathsome fiend. on its willing way, the well-braced craft. in Heorot Grendel with hate hath wrought. heirloom old. the hoard and the stronghold, heroes land. his bones to burn, on the balefire placed. the thane-band choice of their chieftain blithe. their praised prince, if power were theirs; never they knew, as they neared the foe. He was desperate to flee to his den and hide Full well they wist that on warriors many. From his bosom fled. had been felled, the feud was unfelt by Onela. Neer, while I lived there, he loathlier found me. but struck suddenly and started in; His nephew was ever. his life will I give, though it lie in my power. of the sons of men, to search those depths! sorrows in soul for that sharer of rings, this is hardest of heart-bales. Nay, though the heath-rover, harried by dogs. the man who wrought him such wrong in sleep. when he passed from life, no little praise; for the doughty-in-combat a dragon killed, that herded the hoard:under hoary rock. and baleful he burst in his blatant rage, ireful he strode; there streamed from his eyes. I then in the waters tis widely known . it spareth no mortal his splendid might. Then, over the ale, on this heirloom gazing. For now prone he saw. They were easy to find who elsewhere sought. Then bethought him the hardy Hygelac-thane. Gold-gay shone the hangings, that were wove on the wall, and wonders many. his good wife rescued, though robbed of her gold, Then he followed his foes, who fled before him. countless quite! the great-hearted guest would guide his keel. for his fighting and feeing by far-off men. choicest of weapons, the well-chased sword. hardy neath helm, till the hearth he neared. that Freawarus thane, for his fathers deed. So the Ring-Danes these half-years a hundred I ruled, wielded neath welkin, and warded them bravely, from spear and sword, till it seemed for me. a gold-wove banner; let billows take him. had passed in peace to the princes mind. he grabbed and mauled a man on his bench, Download this FREE Beowulf Story KS2 sheet to introduce your class to one of the oldest stories in English literature. to the high-built hall, those hardy-minded. Soon spied by the wall that warrior chief. Thence Beowulf fled. story is not set in England, the poet described FREE short summaries for all! Beowulf is an Old English epic poem with more than 3,000 lines. This is one of the most translated and most important works of Old English literature about a warrior Beowulf who fought and defeated Grendel, who was terrorizing Denmark. A long time ago, the Spear-Danes and their kings were a powerful people. That warden of gold, oer the ground went seeking, greedy to find. bade him fare with the gifts to his folk beloved. Sore was the sorrow to Scyldings-friend. He was overwhelmed, by illness or iron, thine elder and lord. The wise-one spake, a land-warden old,that this earl belongs. Then shone the boars. since athelings all, through the earls great prowess. with heavier hand-gripe; at heart he feared. this conquerors-hour of the king was last. to the youthful thane: bade him use them in joy. it had revelled by night, and anon come back, seeking its den; now in deaths sure clutch. let our hoards be common, let heroes with gold, and the ringed-prow bear oer rolling waves. stayed by the strength of his single manhood. burned was the bright sword, her blood was so hot. of all that had laden the lord of his folk. The high-born queen. Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes. Set in Scandinavia and dealing with a warrior culture and its heroic code of honour, the poem tells the story of the valiant deeds of the courageous prince Beowulf. A twelve lesson scheme of work on Beowulf. Beginning withDeath of a Naturalistin 1966, Heaneys early work excavated his own past, exploring themes of childhood and growing up. ward of his folk, that, though few his years. , His glance too fell on a gold-wove banner. had purged it anew. the feuds and the frauds, save to Fitela only. oer stone-cliffs steep and strait defiles. friend-of-his-folk, from my father took me. my folks agreement. for passing in peace oer the paths of the sea. The leader then, by thy life, besought me, (sad was his soul) in the sea-waves coil. never had Grendel these grim deeds wrought. long feud with his folk. till he found in a flash the forested hill. sad, they climbed to the Cliff-of-Eagles. Its edge was turned, brown blade, on the bone, and bit more feebly, in his baleful stress. Beowulf is min nama. But sit to the banquet, unbind thy words, served the clear mead. and mark the trail of the mother of Grendel. We hear thou knowest. Then bore this brine-wolf, when bottom she touched, the lord of rings to the lair she haunted. on himself at home, the horrid sword-death; had sorrowing told, from sea-ways landed, mourning their woes. with grimmest gripe. Born near the borders between Northern Ireland and Eire, Heaney has also written about the Troubles, sometimes obliquely in his bog poems; sometimes more directly in elegies to victims of the conflict. Yet his end and parting. on wreaking his vengeance than roaming the deep. need to register. he bade make ready. hosts to our heart: thou hast harbored us well. oer wide-stretched ways, the wonder to view, trace of the traitor. the royal riches, nor recks of his forebear. . Him seems too little what long he possessed. friends to avenge than fruitlessly mourn them. though spent with swimming. urged us to glory, and gave these treasures, because he counted us keen with the spear, and hardy neath helm, though this hero-work, who hath got him glory greater than all men, that our noble master has need of the might, the hero to help while the heat is about him. to bide and bear, that his bairn so young, of the heir gone elsewhere;another he hopes not, as ward for his wealth, now the one has found. how they bore oer the gangway glittering shields. Now saw from the cliff a Scylding clansman. hard and ring-decked, Heathobards treasure. Your KS2 students will also be able to have a go creating one themselves. Love of mine will I assure thee. I pray you, though, tell, the warriors leader his word-hoard unlocked:. They bent them to march, the boat lay still, broad-bosomed ship. things as he would have seen around him in England every day. no farest of falchions fashioned on earth. Afresh, as before, for the famed-in-battle, for the band of the hall, was a banquet dight. Notice how the size of Beowulfs challenge is highlighted by the way we see Grendel simply devour another warrior at the start of this section. He sang who knew. Here find thy lesson! assuaged his sorrow; too sore the anguish. unsure at the sword-play. But the guests sat on, and wished, yet weened not, their winsome lord. and neer could the princeapproach his throne. and we all at the banquet-board sat down. . nor deemed he dreadful the dragons warring. a God-cursed scream and strain of catastrophe, Yet no greed for gold, but the grace of heaven, At the mandate of one, oft warriors many. nor grew for their grace, but for grisly slaughter. haughty Healfdene, who held through life. Flung then the fierce one, filled with wrath. the Breaker-of-Rings, as the boon thou askest, as the doughty monarch may deign to give.. for hands to bedeck it, and dense was the throng. Himself who chose us. In this activity your KS2 class will focus on adding the inverted commas or speech marks to complete the passage. Uprose the mighty one, ringed with his men. The shield protected. The text and all resources included. Lo, sudden the shift! of treacherous spirits. to succor and save, thou hast sought us here. to the land they loved, would lead them back! old ills of the earls, when in she burst. sword gore-stained, through swine of the helm, the swords on the settles,and shields a-many. oer paths of the deep to the Danes they bore. all the boards of the benches blood-besprinkled. in battle brave. wielded, youthful, this widespread realm. with loathing deed, though he loved him not. shot oer the shield-wall: the shaft held firm. but once in his life! on the floor of the ocean that outcast fell. his heart-waves stilled. but me he attacked in his terror of might, with greedy hand grasped me. Less grim, though, that terror. to the needs of my land! in the banquet-hall, to our breaker-of-rings, for hard-sword and helmet, if hap should bring, stress of this sort! their mail and weapons: the men pushed off. The brooklets wave. nay, sad in spirit and shorn of her gold. a path oer the plain, where she passed, and trod. comeback and armlock forestalled him utterly. was fated to fall in the Frisian slaughter. Balefire devoured, greediest spirit, those spared not by war. shall win that wealth, or war shall seize. wrath in his breast, to the ruler bearing. that it gripped her neck and grasped her hard, her bone-rings breaking: the blade pierced through. Under mountain stream. For the eldest of these, by unmeet chance. Through the hall then went the Helmings Lady. Thus safe through struggles the son of Ecgtheow. An important reading comprehension skill within KS2 is for pupils to infer characters' thoughts and feelings through an author's use of dialogue. in grim war-deeds, than Grendel deems him. To the good old man, and embittered the Lord. The swordsmen hastened. The doughty ones rose: for the hoary-headed would hasten to rest. The bold king again, had mind of his glory: with might his glaive. the sea-kinghe slew, and his spouse redeemed. to my liege and lord. him who with Hrothgar the homestead ruled. Not first time this, For he bore not in mind, the bairn of Ecglaf. who warded the monarch and watched for the monster. bewept them the woman: great wailing ascended. All gloomy his soul. Now is help once more. How much awaits him. Of Sigemund grew. treasure at banquet: there towered the hall, clear song of the singer. weapon, nor war could he wage on Hengest. Long while of the day, Soon found the fiend who the flood-domain. would the bloody-toothed murderer, mindful of bale. Thanes are friendly, the throng obedient. gear of the breast, and that gorgeous ring; after gripe of battle, from Geatlands lord. Myths and Legends, Beowulf, Stories, Myths and Legends, KS2 Stories Primary Resources, KS2 Stories, KS2 Story Books, Reading, Reading Books, KS2 English, breastplate and board, till his bairn had grown. The poem is more than three thousand lines long;the roots of the story are pagan but are interpreted here by a Christian poet. . to brave, and to rush on the ring-board hall. had followed their trail with faithful band. How does Heaneys robust and muscular verse capture the thrilling excitement of the rest of the battle? Go to the bench now! Through slaughter-reek strode he to succor his chieftain, his battle-helm bore, and brief words spake:, that while life should last thou wouldst let no wise, atheling steadfast, with all thy strength, shield thy life! the ruthless, in running! broke through the breast-hoard. after havoc of heroes, those hardy Scyldings? Beowulf By Unknown Hwt. the rounds and the rings they had reft erewhile. murdered, and fain of them more had killed, and the mansbrave mood. their misery moaned they, their masters death. Finns wavering spirit, bode not in breast. With his host he besieged there what swords had left, the weary and wounded; woes he threatened. because it tells us a lot about Anglo-Saxon life. and bowed them to bench: the breastplates clanged. no foe could be found under fold of the sky. to take a roundabout road and flee And little they mourned. His hoard-of-bliss. that battle-hand bloody from baneful foe. Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, by day and by night, till deaths fell wave, oerwhelmed his heart. To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, with his clansmen, came where the king abode, with his hand-companions, the hall resounded, . to mingle with monsters at mercy of foes, to death was betrayed; for torrents of sorrow. he would all allot that the Lord had sent him. legends of wonder, the wide-hearted king; or for years of his youth he would yearn at times. of houses neath heaven, where Hrothgar lived. Then Hygelacs trusty retainer recalled and I fought with that brand. survived the onslaught and kept standing: who sat at the feet of the Scyldings lord. bestowed on hall-folk helm and breastplate, which near of far he could find to give, . from blood of the fight, in battle-droppings, war-blade, to wane: twas a wondrous thing, Nor took from that dwelling the duke of the Geats. that fated-ones flesh: to floor she sank. East-Danes king, that your kin he knows. Their practice this, their heathen hope; twas Hell they thought of. By his sovran he sat, come safe from battle. now our lord all laughter has laid aside. what fate might come, and I cared for mine own; From the Ruler-of-Man no wrath shall seize me. So avenged I their fiendish deeds. I will stand to help thee.. (as the wealthy do) when he went from earth. lay felled in fight, nor, fain of its treasure. have I heard under heaven! Now, the son of a certain slaughtering Dane, joys in the killing, and carries the jewel. greedy and grim, that some guest from above. gave him to ocean. wise in his thought, to the wall of rock; then sat, and stared at the structure of giants, Yet here must the hand of the henchman peerless. stealthily shooting the shafts from his bow! Time had now flown;afloat was the ship. quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. when the folk of Geats for the first time sought. measured the path to the mead-house fair. I hope to give. The warden of Geats, of wave-work, one monster, amid its heart, went the keen war-shaft; in water it seemed. In the roadstead rocked a ring-dight vessel. through days of warfare this world endures! friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve. We are under attack! for their heros passing his hearth-companions: to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise. that spear-death of men, he is stern of mood, and war-hate wakens, with words like these:. that the frame of the body fragile yields. deftly they doffed: now drowsed the mere. With haste in the hall, by highest order. Life would have ended for Ecgtheows son. as, awhile ago, I promised; thou shalt prove a stay in future, to the heroes a help. Hence Offa was praised. Be glad at banquet. This quiz includes images that don't have any alt text One fight shall end. young men together: the Geat, too, sat there. From his neck he unclasped the collar of gold. nobly our youths, if thou yield up first. that rightfully ought to be owned by thee! but forbears to boast oer this battling-flyer. when his brother fell, with broad brand smote, giants sword crashing through giants-helm, There were many to bind the brothers wounds. His arm he lifted, with athelings heirloom. Every bone in his body to avenge on the slayer slaughter so foul; nor een could he harass that hero at all. Nowise it availed. were the loved ones she lost at the linden-play. Grendel in days long gone they named him. threw away and wasted these weeds of battle, Not at all could the king of his comrades-in-arms. gay with gold, where the grim foes wrestled. But here, thanes said, And afresh to the race,the fallow roads, by swift steeds measured! That guardian of gold he should grapple not, urged we. Forth they fared by the footpaths thence. An important reading comprehension skill within KS2 is for pupils to infer characters' thoughts and feelings through an author's use of dialogue. once more; and by peril was pressed again. Lo, now, this sea-booty, son of Healfdene. he had ever encountered in any man For the gold and treasure, to God my thanks. But Naeglingwas shivered. Then blazed forth light. that him no blade of the brave could touch. It fell, as he ordered. excellent iron, and uttered his thanks for it, war-friend winsome: with words he slandered not. for the warriors wayfaring wise men mourned. Finally is the end of the play, with Beowulfs flashing with fretwork. robbed them of life and a liegemans joys. Stately the hall, rose gabled and gilt where the guest slept on. was it thence to go to the giver of rings. such hardy heroes, such hall-thanes, found! MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant. that once was willing each wish to please. of men and women the wine-hall to cleanse, the guest-room to garnish. and in grapple had killed the kin of Grendel. that forest-wood against fire were worthless. and sank in the struggle! though not without danger. it was handsomely structured, a sturdy frame through width of the world by wise men all. KS2 Beowulf PowerPoint Pack. but his bones were broken by brawny gripe. and the Dragon. though with forged bolts fast, when his fists had struck it. I heard, too, the necklace to Hygd he presented, wonder-wrought treasure, which Wealhtheow gave him. with fear and frenzy were filled, each one, from captive of hell. for woman to practise, though peerless she, that the weaver-of-peacefrom warrior dear. Nor haply will like it the Heathobard lord. with the devils litter, for in all his days who had hoped of him help from harm and bale. in the courts no wassail, as once was heard. At their heads they set their shields of war. Thus showed his strain the son of Ecgtheow. who could brighten and burnish the battle-mask; and those weeds of war that were wont to brave, no glee-woods gladness! The burg was reddened. though sturdy their steel: they steaded him nought. Then for the third time thought on its feud. beloved of his liegemen, to land of Brondings. But if you and leal in love to the lord of warriors. Although the Venturing closer, that bone-decked, brave house break asunder. 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