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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)
  
[dedication]

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THE SEA-KING.
 I. 
CANTO I. The Legend of Otlauga.
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CANTO II. The Scald.
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I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
  
THE SCALD'S TALE.
  
THE SCALD'S TALE, continued.
  
The Valkyries' Chorus.
  
THE SCALD'S TALE concluded.
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CANTO III. The Legend of Ragnar Lodbrog.
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I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
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IV.
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V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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IX.
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X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 I. 
PART I.—The Journey.
 II. 
PART II.—The Shipwreck.
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CANTO IV. The Tomb of Orvar.
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I.
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PART III.
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II.
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III
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IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
  
THE SONG.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
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XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
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XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
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XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
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CANTO V. The Mysteries.
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PART IV. THE LEGEND OF RAGNAR CONTINUED.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
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XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
  
THE SONG.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
 XLV. 
XLV.
 XLVI. 
XLVI.
 XLVII. 
XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
XLIX.
 L. 
L.
 LI. 
LI.
 LII. 
LII.
 LIII. 
LIII.
 LIV. 
LIV.
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LV.
 LVI. 
LVI.
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LVII.
 LVIII. 
LVIII.
 LIX. 
LIX.
 LX. 
LX.
 LXI. 
LXI.
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CANTO VI. The Recognition.

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“Perchance thy soul is satisfied
With what thou now hast seen,
If so let us depart.”
Then Ragnar thoughtful sought the entrance door,
But with a wondering start,
He saw nought but the crystal floor,
And eke the walls where the door had been.
And when he touched them they were cold,
And they shone bright, and sparkled sheen
Upon his aching eye;
But place of egress could be seen,
Here, nor there, nor anywhere
Right wonderly I ween!
“And so old man thou mockest me,”
The furious Sea-King said;—
“But if I lose my liberty
Thou too shalt lose thy head.”—
Nought said the aged man,
But from his cold grey eye
A wond'rous beam, was seen to gleam,
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And suddenly to start;
And fire shot through the Sea-King's brain,
And ice shot through his heart.
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