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62 ARNLJOT GELLINE
“Lord,” the bishop then answered:
“Rather thou seest how far the light of Christ,
As thou in this land hast borne it,
Shall shine.
The whole world in coming ages
Shall grow through the warm summer-tide in that
light;
The Lord hath vouchsafed thee the vision
For thy strengthening.”
The twain rode farther on
In silence.
Stood there an aged bonder
Before his house on the road of their march,
In the King’s presence bowing:
“Be welcome!
Now is fulfilled my saying:
Within a year’s space shall the King/come again;
Ne’er will he leave his faithful
In distress.
Sore was the need of thy ward,
Lord King.”
“Thanks for thy greeting, bonder,
The first I receive on my fatherland’s soil.
Why standest thou alone now
By the way?”
«All the others followed
When thy enemies round the people gathered ;—
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