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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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THE SCALD'S TALE.
  
THE SCALD'S TALE, continued.
  
The Valkyries' Chorus.
  
THE SCALD'S TALE concluded.
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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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CANTO VI. The Recognition.

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And now he struck the sounding strings,
Forth came a soft and plaintive strain,
Wild, sweet unearthly murmurings
That rose and fell and rose again,
Like the wind sweeping o'er the main.
The old man then inclined his head
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His life seemed gone,—his spirit fled,—
So deeply was attention hung
On the notes that from his harp-strings rung.
The strain the old man faultless found,
His ear could catch no jarring sound.
A deeper, nobler prelude ran,
Ere thus the Scald his tale began.
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