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SCANDINAVIAN WAR SONG.
BALDERI patris scamna
Parata scio in aula:
Bibemus Cerevisiam
Ex concavis crateribus craniorum.
Non gemit vir fortis contra mortem
Magnifici in ODINI domibus, &c:
Translation
Parata scio in aula:
Bibemus Cerevisiam
Ex concavis crateribus craniorum.
Non gemit vir fortis contra mortem
Magnifici in ODINI domibus, &c:
Translation
Brave deeds atchieved, at death's approach I smile,
—In Balder's hall I see that table spread,
The enlivening ALE shall now reward my toil,
Quaffed from their sculls, that by my faulchion bled.
—In Balder's hall I see that table spread,
The enlivening ALE shall now reward my toil,
Quaffed from their sculls, that by my faulchion bled.
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Heroes no more at death's approach shall groan:
In lofty ODIN'S dome all sighs forbear—
Conscious of bloody deeds, my fearless soul
Mounts to great ODIN'S hall, and revels there.
In lofty ODIN'S dome all sighs forbear—
Conscious of bloody deeds, my fearless soul
Mounts to great ODIN'S hall, and revels there.
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