Sunday, December 25, 2011

Go Down Fighting!

Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre,
Mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað.

From the old English poem The Battle of Maldon, uttered when the English realise that the Danes will win. Translates as:

Courage must be firmer, heart the keener,
Mind the greater, as our strength grows less.

A good motto, I think, for oppression, feelings of helplessness, old age, and sickness.

Go down fighting.

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