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j FRITHIOF’S SAGA 169
"Never," gloomy Frithiof answered, "came 1 as a thief to
thee;
And had I willed to take thy Queen, could any man have
hindered me?
I only longed my bride to see but once, alas! but once
again,
And, woe is me! the half-quenched flame rekindled I to
fiercer pain.
"Too long within thy halls I’ve staid, and now no further
linger I;
Full heavily upon my head the rage of angry gods doth lie;
For Balder, with the radiant locks, who all mankind
besides doth see
With love, detesteth me alone, and me alone rejecteth he.
"’T is true, I caused his shrine to flame, and Varg-i-Veum
call they me;
To hear my name the children scream, and gladness from
the feast doth flee;
Its offspring lost, my Fatherland with indignation forth
doth cast,
And I am peaceless in my home, and peaceless in my
mourning breast.
"No more, no more, for peace in vain I’ll seek upon the
grassy earth;
Beneath my footsteps burns the soil, no shade to me the
trees give forth;
My Ingeborg is lost to me,alas! by aged Ring she’s owned;
Life’s sun for me is set, and wide is sorrow’s darkness
spread around.
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