Panel poster; Poems on the Underground 1,000 Years of Poetry in English, from 'Beowulf', translated by Seamus Heaney, 2000

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	275mm
  Width	605mm
  Descriptive size	Panel poster

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	from 'Beowulf'
  Text	Then a powerful demon, a prowler through the dark, / nursed a hard grievance. It harrowed him / to hear the din of the loud banquet / every day in the hall, the harp being struck / and the clear song of a skilled poet / telling with mastery of man's beginnings, / how the Almighty had made the earth / a gleaming plain girdled with waters; / in His splendour He set the sun and the moon / to be earth's lamplight, lanterns for men, / and filled the broad lap of the world / with branches and leaves; and quickened life / in every other thing that moved. / BL Cotton MS. Vitellius A XV by permission of the British Library Board / from Beowulf / Translated by Seamus Heaney / Reprinted by permission of Faber from Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney (1999) / Poems on the Underground / 1,000 YEARS OF POETRY IN ENGLISH / Books and Posters are on sale at The London Transport Museum, Covent Garden 020 7379 6344 - Poster design by Tom Davidson

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Material	Paper

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Tom Davidson, 2000
  Commissioner	Poems on the Underground, 2000
  Poet	Anonymous, Seamus Heaney, 1999
  Publisher	London Underground Ltd, 2000