English poem
15 Touching Healfdene's leader; the joy-wood was fingered
by J. Lesslie Hall (1856–1928)
15 Touching Healfdene's leader; the joy-wood was fingered, Measures recited, when the singer of Hrothgar On mead-bench should mention the merry hall-joyance Of the kinsmen of Finn, when onset surprised them:
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