Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 379
^et again has grief and sorrowcome upon me, for my favorite war companion andchief counselor has been foully murdered by Gren-dels mother, nor can we tell who next will sufferfrom the foul fiends wrath. Scarcely a mile from this place, in the depths ofa grove of moss-covered trees, which are hoary… … BEOWULF ON HIS NOBLE STEED age, and whose interlacing branches shut out thelight of the sun, lies a stagnant pool. Around theedges of its foul black water twine the snake-likeroots of the trees, and on its loathsome surface atnight the magic fires burn dimly. In the midst ofthe pond, shunned alike…
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