The Collected Works of William Morris With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris |
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 | CHAPTER LXVI. OF THE DWELLER IN THE
CAVE UNDER THE FORCE.
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CHAPTER LXVI. OF THE DWELLER IN THE CAVE UNDER THE FORCE.
[Songs extracted from the prose narrative.]
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[“There into gloomy gulf I passed]
[Grettir.]
“There into gloomy gulf I passed,
O'er which from the rock's throat is cast
The swirling rush of waters wan,
To meet the sword-player feared of man,
By giant's hall the strong stream pressed
Cold hands against the singer's breast;
Huge weight upon him there did hurl
The swallower of the changing whirl.”
O'er which from the rock's throat is cast
The swirling rush of waters wan,
To meet the sword-player feared of man,
By giant's hall the strong stream pressed
Cold hands against the singer's breast;
Huge weight upon him there did hurl
The swallower of the changing whirl.”
And this other one withal:
“The dreadful dweller of the cave
Great strokes and many 'gainst me drave;
Full hard he had to strive for it,
But toiling long he wan no whit;
For from its mighty shaft of tree
The heft-sax smote I speedily;
And dulled the flashing war-flame fair
In the black breast that met me there.”
Great strokes and many 'gainst me drave;
Full hard he had to strive for it,
But toiling long he wan no whit;
For from its mighty shaft of tree
The heft-sax smote I speedily;
And dulled the flashing war-flame fair
In the black breast that met me there.”
| CHAPTER LXVI. OF THE DWELLER IN THE
CAVE UNDER THE FORCE.
The Collected Works of William Morris | |