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XXIII
VIKINGABALK
Now wide swept he round on the wilderness deep; he sped
far, like the prey-seeking hawk,
For his comrades on board he wrote counsel and law; wilt
thou hear now his Vikingabalk?
"Make no tent upon deck, sleep not under a roof, within
doors a foe may surprise:
On his shield Viking sleepeth, his sword in his hand, and
maketh his tent of the skies.
"Short shaft hath the hammer of conquering Thor; a sword
but an ell long hath Frey;
’T is enough, for thy sword can be never too short, hast
thou heart to thy foe to come nigh.
44 When the storms rage with might, hoist the sail to its height,
then are merry the storm-ridden waves;
Speed along! speed along! and sink sooner than strike,
for they who would strike are but slaves!
"Shelter woman on land; keep her far from your bark, she’d
deceive, ay, though Freya she were:
For her dimple so deep is a pitfall untrue, and a net is her
wide-waving hair.
"Wine is Valfader’s drink, and carouse is allowed, if thou
drainest uninjured the can;
If thou fallest on land, thou may’st rise, but fall here, and
thou sinkest to sleep-giving Ran.
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