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Fix dash in Poe's birth/death years
ahloyc May 7, 2017
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Partially fix beowulf poem
ahloyc May 7, 2017
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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions beowulf.txt
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Expand Up @@ -18,23 +18,23 @@ a son in his halls, whom heaven sent
to favor the folk, feeling their woe
that erst they had lacked an earl for leader
so long a while; the Lord endowed him,
the Wielder of Wonder, with world�s renown.
the Wielder of Wonder, with world's renown.
Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him,
son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.
So becomes it a youth to quit him well
with his father�s friends, by fee and gift,
with his father's friends, by fee and gift,
that to aid him, aged, in after days,
come warriors willing, should war draw nigh,
liegemen loyal: by lauded deeds
shall an earl have honor in every clan.
Forth he fared at the fated moment,
sturdy Scyld to the shelter of God.
Then they bore him over to ocean�s billow,
Then they bore him over to ocean's billow,
loving clansmen, as late he charged them,
while wielded words the winsome Scyld,
the leader beloved who long had ruled....
In the roadstead rocked a ring-dight vessel,
ice-flecked, outbound, atheling�s barge:
ice-flecked, outbound, atheling's barge:
there laid they down their darling lord
on the breast of the boat, the breaker-of-rings,
by the mast the mighty one. Many a treasure
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3184,4 +3184,4 @@ Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland,
for their hero�s passing his hearth-companions:
quoth that of all the kings of earth,
of men he was mildest and most beloved,
to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.
to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions the_raven.txt
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Edgar Allan Poe. 1809�1849
Edgar Allan Poe. 1809-1849

84. The Raven

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -126,4 +126,4 @@ On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, 105
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor:
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted�nevermore!
Shall be lifted�nevermore!