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muriel_volestrangler

(106,640 posts) Sat Dec 21, 2013, 07:54 PM Dec 2013

Seamus Heaney reads his own translation of Beowulf [View all]

Beowulf came up in a now-locked Lounge thread; as did Ireland, for that matter. If you're interested in it, then I highly recommend the poet reading his own translation, here:

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Seamus Heaney reads his own translation of Beowulf [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 OP

I've tried 3 times to rec the OP, but it won't go through. Maybe later. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #1

oo! eShirl Dec 2013 #2

I taught it far too many times for me to go back to it! (Though I still like "Gulped the blood and WinkyDink Dec 2013 #3