The Sea-King A metrical romance, in six cantos. With notes, historical and illustrative. By J. Stanyan Bigg |
 |
|
| I. |
| II. |
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
The Valkyries' Chorus.
|
| III. |
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
| XI. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
| XVIII. |
| XIX. |
| XX. |
| I. |
| II. |
| IV. |
| I. |
| III. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
| XVIII. |
| XIX. |
| XX. |
| XXI. |
| XXII. |
| XXIII. |
| XXIV. |
| XXV. |
| XXVI. |
| XXVII. |
| XXVIII. |
| XXIX. |
| V. |
| IV. |
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
| XI. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
| XVIII. |
| XIX. |
| XX. |
| XXI. |
| XXII. |
| XXIII. |
| XXIV. |
| XXV. |
| XXVI. |
| XXVII. |
| XXVIII. |
| XXIX. |
| XXX. |
| XXXI. |
| XXXII. |
| XXXIII. |
| XXXIV. |
| XXXV. |
| XXXVI. |
| XXXVII. |
| XXXVIII. |
| XXXIX. |
| XLIV. |
| XLV. |
| XLVI. |
| XLVII. |
| XLVIII. |
| XLIX. |
| L. |
| LI. |
| LII. |
| LIII. |
| LIV. |
| LV. |
| LVI. |
| LVII. |
| LVIII. |
| LIX. |
| LX. |
| LXI. |
| LXII. |
| VI. |
 | The Sea-King |  |
The Valkyries' Chorus.
XVI.
“Sing, sisters, sing while the dew-drops are steeping“The fair drooping flowers in the valley below;
“Sing, sisters, sing ere warriors are sleeping
“In the darkness of death, in the frenzy of woe.
“Sing, ere tumult drives his car
“Midst the bloody ranks of war,
“Ere Hela's pestilential breath
“Tells mortality of death.
“Sing, for ere the pale moonlight
“Breaketh on the depth of night,
“A being aye as Nossa fair,
“And pure and chaste as Giosne
45
“In realms of peace and purity.
XVII.
“Sing, for a hero shall enter Valhalla“Triumphantly led,
“With the spoils of the dead
“Gracing his hands and gracing his head.
“And that maiden bright and fair
“Who loved him so well in the world below,
“Shall be with him forever there,
“Unknown to grief, unknown to woe,
“Never to part, ah never! ah no!
“But they two shall wander
“Where bright streams meander,
“Near the mansions of Vingolf, of friendship and love;
“And they shall bask in beams of light,
“And they shall be like visions bright
“In that glorious land above.
“Sing, sisters, sing while the dew-drops are steeping
“The fair drooping flowers in the valley below;
“Sing, sisters, sing ere warriors are sleeping
46
| The Sea-King | |