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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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Then Ragnar trod again th' enchanted hall
Where he before had roused him from his trance;
Here heavenly voices on each other call,
And forms half seen, half hid, before his vision dance.
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And these are they, who at the banquet wait,
And thrill with music all the neighbouring air;
While as they sing, upon the soul, a state
Of bliss steals, like a dream, when joy is present there.
All is enchantment, music, feast, and hall,
Those flitting forms;—all is enchantment;—all!
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