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FRITHIOF’S SAGA 59
Oft, while sped the moon through the sky, the greybeard
related
Wonders of far-lying lands, and of many a Vikinga
voyage
Wide on the eastern sea, o’er the western waves, and on
Gandvik.
The glance of the listeners silent hung on the lips of the
speaker—
Hung as a bee from a rose; the Skald alone thought upon
Brage,
How, with his silver beard and tongue rune-written, he
sitteth
Under the leafy grove, and relateth wonders by Mimer’s
Ever-murmuring stream; himself a living relation.
Now in the midst of the rush-strewn hall continual
flaming
Rose the fire from the mortared hearth; through the open
chimney
Heavenly friend-like stars looked into the banqueting
chamber.
Round on the wall from hooks of steel were hanging in
order
Breast-plates and helmets together, while here and there
from between them
Flashed a sword, like a meteor seen in the dark nights of
winter.
But more than helmet or sword the shields shone bright
in the chamber,
Clear as the orb of the sun, or the silvery disc of the pale
moon.
Then, when a maiden went round the board and filled up
the mead-horns,
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