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The Sea-King

A metrical romance, in six cantos. With notes, historical and illustrative. By J. Stanyan Bigg
Bigg, J. Stanyan (1828-1865)
  
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THE SEA-KING.
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CANTO I. The Legend of Otlauga.
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CANTO II. The Scald.
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CANTO III. The Legend of Ragnar Lodbrog.
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CANTO IV. The Tomb of Orvar.
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CANTO V. The Mysteries.
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PART IV. THE LEGEND OF RAGNAR CONTINUED.
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CANTO VI. The Recognition.

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Thus having said, the old man turned his eye
(Oh! wondrous orb of sense!)
Upon the tablets of the Sea-King's soul.
He looked, and looked again,
But he read there
Nought like fear, nought like despair;
But stern undaunted confidence,
Unmixed with aught of care.
“My soul delights in danger” Ragnar said,
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“Point out the hidden way.”
Then Orvar ope'd an arched door,
And having bowed his head
He left the shining vaults;—
For there the passage lay.
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