The Wanderer – Warrior Poetry for the Warrior Within
Motiversity
Episode 64 of the Daily Quotes by Motiversity podcast, hosted by Motiversity, titled "The Wanderer – Warrior Poetry for the Warrior Within" was published on January 3, 2025 and runs 8 minutes.
January 3, 2025 ·8m · Daily Quotes by Motiversity
Summary
The Wanderer is an Old English poem preserved only in an anthology, known as the Exeter Book. The speaker describes someone who lost everything that meant something to him, and had to start all over again."But this world - every day falls to dust. No man is wise until he lives manywinters in the kingdom of the world." - The Wanderer Read by: John Mydrim Ballantyne DaviesPoemThe Wanderer"The Wanderer" was written in the 10th century AD by an anonymous poet in Old English, and is today only preserved in an anthology, known as the Exeter Book. The date the poem was written, and by whom, is still impossible to determine to this day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
The Wanderer is an Old English poem preserved only in an anthology, known as the Exeter Book. The speaker describes someone who lost everything that meant something to him, and had to start all over again.
"But this world - every day falls to dust. No man is wise until he lives many
winters in the kingdom of the world." - The Wanderer
Read by: John Mydrim Ballantyne Davies
Poem
The Wanderer
"The Wanderer" was written in the 10th century AD by an anonymous poet in Old English, and is today only preserved in an anthology, known as the Exeter Book. The date the poem was written, and by whom, is still impossible to determine to this day.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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