Help to find the poem
I would really appreciate if anybody helped me to find the poem. I don't remember the author, the title or the plot. What I think I remember:
- something about a king or a queen
- the poem is quite old
- The rhythm was something like this (with lots of repetitions):

It was a long story , a very long story,
But i can't remember the plot.
:)

Question

Help to find the poem
I would really appreciate if anybody helped me to find the poem. I don't remember the author, the title or the plot. What I think I remember:
- something about a king or a queen
- the poem is quite old
- The rhythm was something like this (with lots of repetitions):

It was a long story , a very long story,
But i can't remember the plot.
:)

Answer

I like Laurence's guess of "Beowulf." In one translation I was able to find online, it begins:

Lo! the Spear-Danes’ glory through splendid achievements
The folk-kings’ former fame we have heard of,
How princes displayed then their prowess-in-battle.
Oft Scyld the Scefing from scathers in numbers
From many a people their mead-benches tore.

Answer

Is itt Beowulf (as translated by Seamus Heaney)?

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