II., 21-26; Brooke, 362, 363.

_The Fortunes of Men_, trans. in P. & S., 79-81; Morley, II., 32-37.

_Battle of Brunanburh_, Tennyson's translation.

What were the chief subjects of the songs of the scop? How do they
reveal the life of the time? Is there any common quality running
through them? What qualities of this verse appear in modern poetry?

Beowulf.--This important poem should be read entire in one of the
following translations:

Child's _Beowulf (Riverside Literature Series)_;

Earle's _The Deeds of Beowulf, Done into Modern Prose_ (Clarendon
Press);

Gummere's _The Oldest English Epic_;

Morris and Wyatt's _The Tale of Beowulf_;

Hall's _Beowulf, Translated into Modern Metres_;

Lumsden's _Beowulf, an Old English Poem, Translated into Modern
Rhymes_ (the most readable poetic translation).

Translations of many of the best parts of _Beowulf_ may be found in
P. & S. 5-29; C. & T., 9-24; Morley, I. 278-310; Brooke 26-73.