Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king, before, but now A beaten warrior. None of his comrades Came to him, helped him, his brave and noble Followers; they ran for their lives, fled Deep in a wood. And only one of them Remained, stood there, miserable, remembering, As a good man must, what kinship should mean?

Unclear question. However,  I inferred you want to know where the statement is gotten from.

A statement made by author  Burton Raffel.

Explanation:

Beowulf is an epic poem whose main character is named Beowulf. This young warrior travels to Denmark with the aim of defeating his enemy named Grendel, in which he was successful.

After defeating several enemies during his lifetime, now old Beowulf decides to fight a dragon that was causing trouble for his people. Sadly, even though he killed the dragon, Beowulf died  shortly after the encounter because he was biten by the dragon  in the neck. It is at this point the statement made at the outset becomes clear, "a king, before, but now A beaten warrior. None of his comrades Came to him, helped him, his brave and noble Followers; they ran for their lives, fled Deep in a wood..."