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...Danish warrior, whose remains, clad in broken and corroded armour, had been dug up at Fall River : I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gcr-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, "J Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...

...Danish warrior, whose remains, clad in broken and corroded armour, had been dug up at Fall River : I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. Far 5n the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, 1, with my childish hand, , Tamed the ger-faleon...

...From the heart's chamber. Itr. ' 1 wa« a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in foil; has told. No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Tl on dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse! For tbis 1 sought tbee. el by ,o A sp*c*nil...

...And, like the wnter's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with xiy childish hand, Tamed the ger-faleon ; And, with my skates fast bound, Skimm'd the half-frozen Sound,...

...skies i Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber. " I was a Viking old ! My...manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! w Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, . Else dread a dead man's curse ! For...

...verse. To the Browning and Tuppor which he mentions may be added: (1) Longfellow's 'Skeleton in Armour." I was a Viking old! My deeds, though manifold. No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! lines less familiar than tho famous ' Ode to Tobacco ' ; (2) Byron's ' Don Juan '—see 'Beer^; (3)...

...As when the Northern skies Gleam in December •, And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber....tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ? For tliis I sought theo. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand,...

..." I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thcc ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse! For this I sought thcc. « Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the...

...rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber....dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon...