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IV
KING RING
And King Ring from the board his gold seat thrust forth;
Skalds and warriors rise
To list to their monarch’s word of worth,
Famed in the north;
Good was he as Balder, and as Mimer wise.
Peaceful his land, like groves where gods are found;
Never arose
The din of arms within its sheltered bound;
And all around
The grass grew green, and sweetly bloomed the rose.
Justice sate merciful, but undismayed,
Upon the judging-stone;
And peace each year abundant tribute paid;
While widely spread
In sunshine bright the golden corn-iields shone.
O’er ocean the black-breasted dragons hied
On snowy pinions;
Thither from many a distant land they plied,
And from far and wide
Brought riches more to his rich dominions.
With peace dwelt freedom safely there,
And though the King
All, as the father of the land, held dear,
Still, without fear,
Each spoke his mind upon the open Ting.
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