Continuing Somhairle na Dagney's retelling of Beowulf.
“Could you call yourself courageous, this murderous monster’s mayhem your bright blade would stay.”
Loved these lines. Economical, terse, yet poetic. Works both on its own and its context within your story, I think.
Bjarndyr's fed up with Deilur at this point, dismissing him. I'm just starting to weave the poem - or at least its story - into the new book - in small ways, but it will be more important that I first realized.
“Could you call yourself courageous, this murderous monster’s mayhem your bright blade would stay.”
Loved these lines. Economical, terse, yet poetic. Works both on its own and its context within your story, I think.
Bjarndyr's fed up with Deilur at this point, dismissing him. I'm just starting to weave the poem - or at least its story - into the new book - in small ways, but it will be more important that I first realized.