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The Sea-King

A metrical romance, in six cantos. With notes, historical and illustrative. By J. Stanyan Bigg
Bigg, J. Stanyan (1828-1865)
  
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THE SEA-KING.
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CANTO I. The Legend of Otlauga.
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CANTO II. The Scald.
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CANTO III. The Legend of Ragnar Lodbrog.
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CANTO IV. The Tomb of Orvar.
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CANTO V. The Mysteries.
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CANTO VI. The Recognition.

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XIX.

The glaring light was but a spark
In that vast chamber, that tremendous tomb;
The space just round it was illumed,
But all beside was dark,
A vast, a limitless expanse of gloom.
Above, could nought be seen, but a thick air
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Hung like a funeral mantle there;
And all around
Was inessential night,
A weary void unto the sight
A dreary dark profound.
Still on they went, until at last
They came unto a door, well barred and fast.
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