It's highly reminiscent of the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Wanderer". Here's a fragment:<P>"Where now is the warrior? Where is the warhorse?<BR>Bestowal of treasure and sharing of feast?<BR>Alas! the bright ale-cup, the byrny-clad warrior, <BR>The prince in his splendor--those days are long sped<BR>In the night of the past, as if they had never been!"<BR>And now remain only, for warriors' memorial, <BR>A wall wondrous high with serpent shapes carved.<P>******<BR>This is from the Charles W. Kennedy translation in my Medieval English Lit. textbook from 1972--one of the main reasons I've kept the book so many years.<P>A quick search on the Web didn't produce that translation but many other results worth a look, including "The Wanderer Project": <A HREF="http://www.uvsc.edu/courseinfo/engl/mcdonari/wanderweb/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.uvsc.edu/courseinfo/engl/mcdonari/wanderweb/</A> <P>There's much more to discuss, but I must needs gird myself for the quest for sustenance (that is, get ready for work!) <P>Many thanks to Peter Jackson & his crew for letting us hear those stirring words & showing us the "wall wondrous high with serpent shapes carved".
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