The Wanderer | Anglo-Saxon Lament

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  • čas přidán 25. 07. 2023
  • A reading of The Wanderer, an Anglo-Saxon lament from the Exeter Book.

Komentáře • 74

  • @lauriebot3941
    @lauriebot3941 Před 10 měsíci +43

    A 4 year gap between uploads, but worth the wait, thanks Carl !

  • @MyMomSaysImKeen
    @MyMomSaysImKeen Před 10 měsíci +57

    Did you see my Ancient Recitations request on Lotus Eaters podcast?
    I'm a visually disabled feller who is greatly appreciative to have such a masterful narration. I usually have to suffer through bad Text-to-Speech programs to read, so this upload was a delight.
    Your reading of Gilgamesh got my mother into ancient history which also helped us bond a bit, and I have a ripped mp3 copy of it on my phone as well.
    Thanks again, Carl.

  • @vorynrosethorn903
    @vorynrosethorn903 Před 10 měsíci +18

    Truly the echo of our age.

  • @jonfroswa
    @jonfroswa Před 10 měsíci +18

    So glad to know this channel isn’t abandoned. Your reading of Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came is fantastic, and this instalment definitely merits another few listens. Thanks Carl

  • @eleveneleven572
    @eleveneleven572 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You can see what influenced Tolkien, an Anglo Saxon professor.
    "Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
    Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
    Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
    Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
    They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
    The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.
    Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning,
    Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?"

  • @user-lt2rw5nr9s
    @user-lt2rw5nr9s Před 10 měsíci +9

    I learned of this channel after my US history teacher played a video and I thought, "That sounds like Carl!" Glad this channel isn't dead, since you have a great reading voice.

  • @angiescribbles4986
    @angiescribbles4986 Před 10 měsíci +17

    Beyond thrilled to see an upload on this channel! 🤩

  • @martingreer2714
    @martingreer2714 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Im glad you uploaded to this channel.

    • @Obiwancolenobi
      @Obiwancolenobi Před 10 měsíci

      Agreed - it keeps him from posting on his other dumb shit.

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 Před 10 měsíci +26

    Assumed this was a Voices of the Past upload for a minute. 😂

  • @grelwing47
    @grelwing47 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Didn't expect to see this channel live ever again. Fantastic!

  • @ManicRay
    @ManicRay Před 10 měsíci +4

    Whoop! The channel is alive!!!

  • @vorynrosethorn903
    @vorynrosethorn903 Před 10 měsíci +4

    The ending is speaks truth, it is only by renewing our covenant with God that we may wake from our slumber and see evil for what evil is. Until such a time even the ashes will hold no warmth for the Phoenix, to call out the devil by his name is break the grasp of his curse upon us.

  • @Skippinnfliplin
    @Skippinnfliplin Před 10 měsíci +3

    HOLY SHIIIIT WERE BACK BABAY

  • @ejwarren07
    @ejwarren07 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Thank you Carl, please continue to do more. I'd love to see some more Greek dialogues!

  • @theholocronrecords8042
    @theholocronrecords8042 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Oh goodness me, I thought this channel would never return! Thank you!

  • @thom_wye
    @thom_wye Před 10 měsíci

    I'm so happy this channel is not dead :) looking forward to more!

  • @juhotuho10
    @juhotuho10 Před 10 měsíci

    Amazing to see new stuff here too once in a while!

  • @Drew_McTygue
    @Drew_McTygue Před 10 měsíci +3

    This is one of my favorite channels, I'm so happy to see new content on this channel

  • @ethanpeeler3147
    @ethanpeeler3147 Před 4 měsíci

    I’ve had some health problems lately, finding a cure seems impossible due conflict of interest with pharmaceutical companies. I’ve listened to this every day as it describes how I often feel and try to keep faith in God that I will see better days. To me this poem is about grief except for the last line which is about hope.

  • @wingman4564
    @wingman4564 Před 10 měsíci +2

    We're so back!

  • @anenglishmanplusamerican7107
    @anenglishmanplusamerican7107 Před 9 měsíci +1

    As a Saxon, I do feel this lament every day.

    • @uncle_Samssubjects
      @uncle_Samssubjects Před měsícem

      Our way of life, and Western identity, is under serious siege. As a Italian American it's clear our foundation is under attack, from Plato to Thomas Paine.

  • @MrTwistedFrenzy
    @MrTwistedFrenzy Před 10 měsíci +3

    I forgot about this channel 😅 good to know you still upload to it and that I still get notified. The reading was beautiful. Sorrowful but hopeful.

  • @mandalorian1797
    @mandalorian1797 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Hey thanks Sargon for uploading this, it was a pleasant surprise and I'm glad to see you're still doing things like this.

  • @jacobg2134
    @jacobg2134 Před 10 měsíci

    Needed this

  • @garfunkelcatandtheparliame72
    @garfunkelcatandtheparliame72 Před 10 měsíci

    Did we have to keep the channel active for the CZcams bux?

  • @Fredddytoo
    @Fredddytoo Před měsícem

    Thanks Carl.

  • @samshouse2311
    @samshouse2311 Před 10 měsíci

    Glad I didn't delete this channel. Thanks for the content

  • @thirion1850
    @thirion1850 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Unless you have a solution, don't complain about your woes and steel yourself. Pray and take comfort; God knows and has your shelter. Grim.

    • @cathdodd5072
      @cathdodd5072 Před 6 dny

      That is your advice to an exile in the Anglo-Saxon era? I think you're overestimating his options friend!
      Without a lord (a 'ring giver') to support him - financially and with allies - his life would have been grim indeed.

  • @therikkest310
    @therikkest310 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Quality audio book read by an Englishman.

  • @evolassunglasses4673
    @evolassunglasses4673 Před 6 měsíci

    Wonderful.

  • @RemusKingOfRome
    @RemusKingOfRome Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent reading. Now we know where Tolkien got his famous line - " .. Where is rider ? Where is the horn that was blowing ? .." etc.

  • @davidwiessing416
    @davidwiessing416 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Love the upload! Please post more here.

  • @Miseric0rde
    @Miseric0rde Před 10 měsíci

    Wow, I'm still subbed to this? thanks for reminding me, bye!

  • @DontStopCornPop
    @DontStopCornPop Před 10 měsíci +22

    I really miss Sargons' old channel. Lotus Eaters is alright, but man do I miss the classic Sargon videos.

    • @hohetannen4703
      @hohetannen4703 Před 2 měsíci

      They need to do some sort of classic Sargon content once in a while. I get they are trying to appeal to a wider crowd professionally.

    • @yolanda8563
      @yolanda8563 Před měsícem +1

      It appears Sargon has remedied your plea, thankfully.

  • @yorozuya2898
    @yorozuya2898 Před 10 měsíci

    Glad I'm still subbed. Don't forget us sargon.

  • @righteousfaust620
    @righteousfaust620 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Where can I find the background music?

  • @dantheman13371
    @dantheman13371 Před 10 měsíci

    Could you or someone link this specific translation

  • @AEsir_Goji
    @AEsir_Goji Před 10 měsíci +2

    Fuckin finally, my favorite one is revived.... For now.

  • @elsalaiho1699
    @elsalaiho1699 Před 4 měsíci

    hey, out of curiosity, whose translation is this?

  • @notchbeard9007
    @notchbeard9007 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I saw this in my feed and was like NANI!? IMPOSSIBRU!!! I hope this isn't a one off I loved these posts more than the old Sargon stuff.

  • @isaaclemmen6500
    @isaaclemmen6500 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Yes! This channel is back!

  • @johnwright1447
    @johnwright1447 Před 10 měsíci +1

    More old English, please. These sad northern songs have a theme and flavor unseen in other men and tongues

  • @CammandorHam
    @CammandorHam Před 10 měsíci +1

    The poem sounds very familiar for some reason.

  • @MajorGore
    @MajorGore Před 10 měsíci +3

    Oh Nice! You finally remembered your youtube password!

  • @JTPQuinn
    @JTPQuinn Před 10 měsíci

    Woot

  • @SettlersLament
    @SettlersLament Před 10 měsíci +1

    Sounds like this one is about me

  • @_Carlos
    @_Carlos Před 10 měsíci +1

    The channel may be ancient but I'm glad to see the last uploaded isn't

  • @fedyno4reviews
    @fedyno4reviews Před 10 měsíci

    More Bismarck!!!

  • @tomwalls2006
    @tomwalls2006 Před 8 měsíci

    I'm guessing from your voice that you are sargon of akkad

  • @Arkantos117
    @Arkantos117 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Wait, I was still subbed to a Sargoy channel?

  • @cftyftyufyfuyfty
    @cftyftyufyfuyfty Před 10 měsíci

    I'M SORRY HWAT

  • @ch3ch2oh97
    @ch3ch2oh97 Před 10 měsíci

    a

  • @StandishtheGreat
    @StandishtheGreat Před 10 měsíci +1

    I knew this subscription would finally payoff 🎉

  • @imold123
    @imold123 Před 7 měsíci

    Sargon ??

  • @j_wamp6161
    @j_wamp6161 Před 10 měsíci

    Where is Sargon getting all this time to do random vids on CZcams?

  • @wilcowen
    @wilcowen Před 10 měsíci

    Please do something from ancient China like the records of the grand historian

  • @daffidkane8350
    @daffidkane8350 Před měsícem

    Is this Sargon of Akkad?

  • @chrisdoke5214
    @chrisdoke5214 Před 9 měsíci

    Sorry Carl but Nathan C.J. Hood's narration was better.

  • @percivalgrailknight9493
    @percivalgrailknight9493 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Sargoy of Cuckard

  • @LordJagd
    @LordJagd Před 5 měsíci

    There’s hundreds of years of beautiful Anglo-Saxon art made by the hands of those people and you use a soulless AI-generated image

  • @jonfroswa
    @jonfroswa Před 10 měsíci

    So glad to know this channel isn’t abandoned. Your reading of Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came is fantastic, and this instalment definitely merits another few listens. Thanks Carl