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Läsebok. N:o 92.
Einar.
Now, lef the giant,
Down in the night of’ Nifelhem, with clubs
And red-hot burning stones, smash me for ever,
lf I again from this day, bend my bow
But for one moment, to do thee a service,
Although I love thy daughter Berglioth! —
(He snatches a golden chain from his neck, and throws it at
his feet.)
There, there thou hast my chain, and thus 1 break
Each bond which hitherto has bound me to thee,
Thou ghastly executioner! Now go I
To serve the pious Olaf Trygvesson.
I’ve done with thee. Thou hast taught me to shudder
Before thy bloody gods! Christ now shall conquer.
What hinders me, that with my spear even now
I send thee not to hell? But sadder far,
More ignominious far will be thy death;
For I will take thee prisoner, and convey thee
Alive to Olaf; thus will help to haug thee,
Thou bloody murderer, on the highest gallows.
Hakon. (Exit.) •
Thou threaten’st, then!
(Trumpets sound in the distance; a cry of "Hakon7’ is heard;
he draivs his sivord.)
The hour is now at hand,
When Christ or Odin, shall be conqueror.
Hark to the sound! The goddesses of war,
The stern Valkyrior Hying through the air,
Call to the combat with their cries of terror.
Thick swells on Heimdall’s brow the vein of wrath,
And with horrific strength he thrusts his horn.
Thorgjerdur Horgabrud give time! I come!
To thee already have I given mv Erling,
And a vast throng of foes shall follow him.
A. Oehlenschlæger.
(Translated from the Danish by M. Howitt.)
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