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 | CHAPTER XVII. THE NEWS OF THE FIGHT
BROUGHT TO ICELAND.
The Collected Works of William Morris |  |
CHAPTER XVII. THE NEWS OF THE FIGHT BROUGHT TO ICELAND.
[Songs extracted from the prose narrative.]
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[“Knew I of the hewing]
[Illugi.]“Knew I of the hewing
Of Raven's hilt-finned steel-fish
Byrny-shearing—sword-edge
Sharp clave leg of Raven.—
Of warm wounds drank the eagle,
When the war-rod slender,
Cleaver of the corpses,
Clave the head of Gunnlaug.”
[“Red is the sword, but I now]
[Raven.]“Red is the sword, but I now
Am undone by Sword-Odin.
'Gainst shields beyond the sea-flood
The ruin of shields was wielded.
Methinks the blood-fowl blood-stained
In blood o'er men's heads stood there,
The wound-erne yet wound-eager
Trod over wounded bodies.”
| CHAPTER XVII. THE NEWS OF THE FIGHT
BROUGHT TO ICELAND.
The Collected Works of William Morris | |