...disallowed, with " a dead man's curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...

...bul no long оГ the bard nor tiopulitr tradition hail (jrcitrved hii heroic deed» from oblivion. ' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga laught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse!...

...And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. " I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand; I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...

...disallowed, with " a dead man's curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...

...ourselves with one or two extracts, taken at random. The opening of the knight's story is very fine : " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...

...And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. ' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...

...And, like the water's flow Under Decemher'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 my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skate! feat bonnd, Skimm'd the half-frozen Sound, That the pdor, whimpering...

...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,...

...And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. ' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering...