The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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The slain were heap'd upon a team,
And in the sea, to sink or swim,
Their bodies hurl'd without delay;
And all was o'er by break of day.
Then such a stir arose at dawn—
Torrents of blood like rivers ran;
But none could tell with whom the blame,
Or whence the purple deluge came.
Amazement fill'd the Norway men;
They gather'd round in thousands ten,
Until the king all patience lost,
And call'd a muster of his host;
No one was miss'd in all the lists,
Save one of Odin's sacred priests!
And in the sea, to sink or swim,
Their bodies hurl'd without delay;
And all was o'er by break of day.
Then such a stir arose at dawn—
Torrents of blood like rivers ran;
But none could tell with whom the blame,
Or whence the purple deluge came.
Amazement fill'd the Norway men;
They gather'd round in thousands ten,
Until the king all patience lost,
And call'd a muster of his host;
No one was miss'd in all the lists,
Save one of Odin's sacred priests!
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