"Let your sorrow end! It is better for us all to avenge our friends, not mourn them forever. Each of us will come to the end of this life on earth; he who can earn it should fight for the glory of his name; fame after death is the noblest of goals. Arise, guardian of this kingdom, let us go, as quickly as we can, And have a look at the lady monster. I promise you this: she'll find no shelter, No hole in the ground, no towering ttree, No deep bottom of the lake, where her sins can hide. Be patient for one more day of misery; I ask for no longer." (Lines 1384-1396)
"Then they came to Beowulf, their king, and announced that his hall, his throne, the best of buildings, had melted away in the dragon's burning breath. Their words brought misery, Beowulf's sorrow beat at his heart: he accused himself of breaking God's law, of bringing the Almighty's anger down on his people. Reproach pounded in his breast, gloomy and dark, and the world seemed a different place." (Lines 2324-2332)
"Our lord is dead, leader of this people. The dragon killed him, but the beast is dead, too, cut in half by a dagger; Beowulf's enemy sleeps in its blood. No sword could pierce its skin, wound that monster. Wiglaf is sitting in mourning, close to Beowulf's body, Wexstan's weary son, silent and sad, keeping watch for our king, there where Beowulf and the beast that killed him lied dead." (Lines 2900-2909)
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