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CHAPTER XII. OF HAKON THE EAST-MAN.

[Songs extracted from the prose narrative.]


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[“Young now I shall not ever]

[Viglund.]
“Young now I shall not ever
Love any silken goddess,
That son of man shall say it,
Save thee alone, O Sweetling!
Therefore fair maid, remember
The oath we swore aforetime,
Howso that woman wilful
Would waste the love between us.”