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The Wanderer

by redmockingbird

The Wanderer is an anonymous elegiac Old English poem preserved in the Exeter Book. The narrator of the poem laments his fate as an unprotected man who, having lost both his lord and his family, faces a hostile world alone.

Please enjoy this modernized version featuring Edward the Insights Pinata Donkey as The Wanderer.

Please click on the above photo and click 'next' to read the next lines of the poem.

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Where is the horse gone?
Where is the rider?
Where is the giver of treasure?
Where are the seats at the feast?
Where are the revels in the hall?
Alas for the bright cup!
Alas for the mailed warrior!
Alas for the splendour of the prince!
How that time has passed away,
dark under the cover of night,
as if it had never been!