A translation of Beowulf, ll. 2669-84a and 2688-93, presented as a lyric poem; accompanied by "'Fyrst forth gewat …'" This piece is noted at its end as having been either published or composed in 1952 but no details are given; original publication (if any) not yet found.

The translated passage begins:

… These words spoken,     then came the dragon,
their ugly enemy,     in another onslaught;
fire-waves enfolded     that foe as it drew near
the waiting warriors. (14)

And ends:

Then for a third time,     thirsty for carnage,
the fatal firedrake     and folk-despoiler,
raging and battle-grim,     rushed at the ruler,
forcing him backward;     the fire-hot fangs then
breached his gullet;     Beowulf's breast
was wet with his lifeblood;     it welled out in waves. (14)

Not in MO2. 1952 publication, if any, not in Fry, MO1, GR, or MO2.

BAM.