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Bearing that gift, but heeding not what thing
He had with him, came Kiartan to the king,

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Who in the porch abode him, his great men
Standing around; then said he:
“Welcome then
This last day that I see thee; go we forth,
Fair lords, and see his ship's head greet the north,
For seldom from the north shall any come
Like unto him to greet us in our home.”