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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

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CHAPTER XIV. KETILRID BETROTHED TO HAKON.

[Songs extracted from the prose narrative.]


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[“Stem where the gathered gold meets]

[Viglund.]
“Stem where the gathered gold meets,
All trust I gave unto thee:
Last thought of all thoughts was it
That thou couldst wed another.
But now no oaths avail us,
Nought are our many kisses;
Late learn we of women:
Her word to me is broken.”

[“I would abide the bale-fire]

[Viglund.]
“I would abide the bale-fire,
Or bear the steel-tree's smiting,
As other men may bear it;
But heavy maidens' redes are:
Sorely to me it seemeth,
Gold spoilers' shoulder-branches,
The sweet that was my maiden
Other than mine entwining.”