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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/28986-0.txt b/28986-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb0b932 --- /dev/null +++ b/28986-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,959 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes, by +Anonymous, Edited by Thomas Wise, Translated by George Borrow + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes + and Other Ballads + + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Wise + +Release Date: May 29, 2009 [eBook #28986] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG SWAIGDER, OR THE FORCE OF +RUNES*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org + + + + + + YOUNG SWAIGDER + OR + THE FORCE OF RUNES + AND OTHER BALLADS + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + + 1913 + + _Copyright in the United States of America_ + _by Houghton_, _Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter_. + + + + +YOUNG SWAIGDER +OR +THE FORCE OF RUNES + + +It was the young Swaigder, + With the little ball he played; +The ball flew into the Damsel’s lap, + And pale her cheeks it made. + +The ball flew into the Damsel’s bower. + He went of it in quest; +Before he out of the bower came, + Much care had filled his breast! + +“The ball, the ball thou shouldst not fling, + Shouldst cast it not at me; +There sits a maid in a foreign land, + She sighs and weeps for thee. + +“Thou never more shalt peace obtain, + Or close in sleep thine eyes, +Till thou has freed the lovely maid, + In thrall for thee that lies.” + +It was the young Swaigder, + Placed his cap upon his head, +And into the high chamber + Unto his knights he sped. + +“Here, quaffing mead from out the shell + Sit ye, my Courtmen bold, +Whilst I go to the mountain drear, + Speech with the Dead to hold! + +“Here, quaffing mead and ruddy wine, + Sit ye my men so brave, +Whilst I go to the mountain drear, + With my mother speech to have!” + +It was the young Swaigder, + And he began to call— +Riven were wall and marble stone, + And the hill began to fall. + +“Who is it breaks my sleep, + And works me such annoy? +Deep, deep below the earth so swart + Can I not peace enjoy?” + +“O, it is the young Swaigder, + The son thou lovest dear; +He fain would good advice from thee, + His darling mother, hear. + +“For I have now a step-mother, + So harsh she is of mood, +And she upon me Runes has cast + For a maid I ne’er have view’d.” + +“I will give thee a noble horse, + Shall bear thee at thy need, +And he will run upon the sea + As on the verdant mead. + +“And I will to thee a napkin give, + ’Tis of Ager wool entire, +Before thee on the board shall stand, + What meat thou shalt desire. + +“I will to thee a deer’s horn give, + Mark well its golden gleam; +All the drink thou wishest for, + From the golden horn shall stream. + +“And I will give to thee a sword, + Hardened in Dragon’s blood; +It will glitter like a beam + When thou ridest through the wood. + +“I will give to thee a barque, + Its white sails silk shall be; +Shall move as well on the verdant earth + As on the foaming sea.” + +Their silken sails on the gilded yard + So wide, so wide they spread; +Away they sailed to the distant land, + Where dwelt the lovely maid. + +And they have cast their anchors + Upon the yellow sand; +It was the young Swaigder + Who stepped the first to land. + +It was the young Swaigder, + His ship to the shore he steers; +And the first man there that met him, + Was a man of many years. + +It was then the ancient man + Was the first to make enquire: +“O, what is the name of the young swain + With the sword, and the look of fire?” + +“O, he is hight young Swaigder, + So wide his fame doth fly; +And he for a maid is pining sore + On whom he ne’er set eye.” + +“There is within this land a maid, + Who pining long hath been +For a swain that hight is Swaigder, + And him she ne’er has seen.” + +“If longs she after a young swain + On whom she ne’er set eye, +And he is hight young Swaigder, + He is here in verity. + +“Now do thou hear, thou ancient man, + If it as thou sayest be, +Become I King upon this land, + I’ll make a Count of thee.” + +“’Midst of yonder verdant wood + Stands the castle of the maid; +The house is of gray marble stone, + The court with steel belaid. + +“The house is of grey marble stone + The court with steel is floored, +The portal is of ruddy gold, + Twelve bears before it guard. + +“In middle of the maiden’s court + A linden spreads its shade, +If truly thou art Swaigder, + Hie forward unafraid.” + +Away then rode young Swaigder, + Cast towards the gate his eye; +And all the locks that before it hung, + Down fell they instantly. + +Then withered the leaf, then withered the linden, + And the grass at the linden’s root; +And the twelve bears who the portal guard + They fell at the hero’s foot. + +When he came into the castle-court, + He smoothèd his array, +Then proudly up to the high, high hall + To the King he took his way. + +“Hail to thee, hail to thee, heathen King, + Who dost at the wide board sit, +Wilt thou give me thy daughter fair? + Return me an answer fit.” + +“I have no daughter, I have no daughter, + No daughter but one have I; +And she so sorely longing + For a young swain doth lie. + +“For a young swain whom she has never seen + My daughter longing lies; +The swain he hight is Swaigder, + So far his fame it hies.” + +In went the little serving boy, + Wore a kirtle white to see: +“If thou dost long for Swaigder, + Know that hither come is he.” + +In then came the lovely maid, + In white silk clad was she: +“Now welcome, welcome my dearest heart, + Young Swaigder, welcome be!” + +“Wilt thou consent baptized to be, + And the Christian faith receive, +And follow me to Denmark + With young Swaigder to live?” + +“Willingly I baptized will be, + Will the Christian faith receive; +And will follow thee to Denmark, + Young Swaigder, with thee to live.” + +On a Thursday she baptizèd was, + She the Christian faith received; +On a Sunday they their bridal held, + And ever in peace they lived. + +They kept their bridal feast for a day, + They kept the same for nine; +And there sat waiting the ancient man, + And through all of them did pine. + +Be thanks to brave young Swaigder, + He kept so well his word; +A Knight he made of that ancient man, + Set him highest at the board. + +Now joyful is young Swaigder, + His trouble all has fled; +He King became upon that land, + She Queen, when her sire was dead. + + + + +THE HAIL STORM {14} + + +As in Horunga haven +We fed the crow and raven, +I heard the tempest breaking +Of demon Thorgerd’s waking; +Sent by the fiend in anger, +With din and stunning clangor; +To crush our might intended, +Gigantic hail descended. + +A pound the smallest pebble +Did weigh, and others treble; +It drifted, dealing slaughter, +And blood ran out like water, +Ran recking, red and horrid, +From battered cheek and forehead; +But, though so rudely greeted, +No Jornsberg man retreated. + +With anger ever sharper, +Thorgerda fierce, and Yrpr, +Shot lightning from each finger, +Which sped and did not linger. +Then sank our brave in numbers +To cold, eternal slumbers; +There lay the good and gallant, +Renowned for warlike talent. + +To bide the storm unable +Our chieftain hewed his cable, +And with his ship departed— +We follow, broken-hearted; +For in Horunga haven +Our bravest feed the raven; +We did our best, but no men +Can stand ’gainst hail and foemen. + + + + +ROSMER MEREMAN {16} + + +In Denmark once a lady dwelt, + Hellelil the name she bore; +A castle new that lady built, + It shone all Denmark o’er. + +Her daughter dear was stolen away, + She sought for her far and near; +The more she sought the less she found, + To her great distress and care. + +She bid a noble ship be built, + Therein gilt masts did stand; +With valiant knights and courtmen bold + She caused it to be manned. + +Her sons she followed to the strand, + With many a fond caress; +For eight long years they sailed away, + Enduring much distress. + +For eight years had they sailed away, + So long they thought the tide, +When they sailed before a lofty hill, + And straight to land they hied. + +Then peeped the Damsel Swanelil + Forth from the mountain brow: +“O whence can be these stranger swains, + As guests that seek us now?” + +The youngest brother then replied, + So ready of speech was he: +“A widow’s three poor sons we are, + So long we’ve sailed the sea. + +“Dame Hellelil our mother is, + We were born on Denmark’s ground; +From us our sister stolen was, + And her we have yet not found.” + +“If thou wert born on Danish ground, + And Dame Hellelil be thy mother +Then I thy beloved sister am + And thou art my youngest brother. + +“Now do thou hear, my youngest brother, + Why didst not at home remain? +If thou hadst a thousand thousand lives + Thou none of them couldst retain.” + +She placed him in the smallest nook + She could in the house espy: +She bade him for sake of the highest God, + Neither to laugh nor cry. + +Rosmer came from the ocean home, + And straight he fell to bann: +“O I can smell by my right hand + That here is a Christian man.” + +“A Bird with a dead man’s shank in its mouth, + Chanced over our house to fly; +He cast it in, I cast it out, + And that full speedily.” + +A noble meal she then prepared, + And she gave him many a kiss: +“O here is come my sister’s son, + It would grieve me him to miss. + +“My sister’s son is here arrived + From the land where I first drew breath; +Now give him, my lord, thy firm, firm oath, + Thou’lt do unto him no scathe.” + +“If here has come thy sister’s son + From the native land of both, +To do him ne’er any kind of hurt, + I swear by my highest oath.” + +It was the lofty Rosmer King + To two serving swains did call: +“Bid ye proud Swanelil’s sister’s son + Attend me in the hall.” + +It was Swanelil’s sister’s son, + Before Rosmer should appear; +His heart it fluttered, his body it shivered, + He stood in such mighty fear. + +Then took Rosmer her sister’s son, + Placed him upon his knee; +He stroked him so tenderly on the face + That ’twas yellow and blue to see. + +Then answered proud Dame Swanelil: + “Thou forget’st, Sir Rosmer, mayhap, +Thou hast not fingers small enough + To stroke so little a chap.” + +And he was there till the years were five, + Then he longed for his native land: +“Now cause, O sister Swanelil, + That I’m set on the yellow strand.” + +It was proud Dame Swanelil + ’Fore Rosmer goes to stand; +“The swain so long has been by the sea, + That he sighs for his native land.” + +“If the swain has been so long by the sea + That he sighs for his native land, +I will give him a chest of gold, + To be subject to his hand.” + +“Wilt thou give him a chest of gold, + To be subject to his hand? +Hear thou now, my noble heart’s dear, + Take him to his native land.” + +It was proud Dame Swanelil, + So cunning a trick she played; +She took thereout the ruddy gold all, + And herself in the chest she laid. + +He took the man upon his back, + And the chest in his mouth he’s ta’en; +And so he went the long, long way + Across the land and the main. + +“Now have I borne thee to thy land, + Thou seest both sun and moon; +I conjure thee by the highest God + Name Swanelil to none.” + +Rosmer sprang into the sea amain, + The water splashed to the sky; +And when he came to the mountain home + No Swanelil could he spy, + +When he came to the mountain home + Gone was the belov’d of his heart; +He sprang so wild about the hill, + And changed to a flint rock swart. + +There was rejoicing in Hellelil’s court, + They rejoiced in many a way; +Back to their friends her children are come, + Who had been so long away. + + + + +THE WICKED-STEPMOTHER + + +No. II. {23} + + +Sir Peter o’er to the island strayed— + _All underneath a linden wide_. +He weds Mettelil, so fair a maid— + _In such peril with her through the forest ride_. + +Bracelets of gold he given her hath, +That fills his mother’s breast with wrath. + +“If thou wed a maid against my desire, +With her first babe she shall expire!” + +He weds her and home he her has ta’en, +To meet her his mother will not deign. + +When they together a year had dwelt, +Herself with child proud Mettelil felt. + +Out and in they Mettelil bear, +Death has to her approached so near. + +“Since neither live nor die I may, +Take me whence a maid ye brought me away.” + +Thereto the Stepmother made reply, +She was tow’rds her disposed maliciously: + +“The horses graze upon the mead, +And the coach swains heavy they sleep in bed.” + +Sir Peter he stood a little apart, +Mettelil has so grieved his heart. + +The coach to her country was turned in haste, +And the horses before it were quickly placed. + +And when they came to the verdant moor, +Her chariot broke into pieces four. + +“What mighty crime can I have done, +That my own coach ’neath me will not run?” + +Sir Peter at no great distance hied, +He was so near he all espied. + +“We forthwith will find a remedy, +Thou shalt ride and walk will I.” + +“Each noble Dame will know how fit, +I am in this plight in the saddle to sit.” + +Proud Mettelil came to her father’s abode, +Her father abroad to receive her strode. + +“Welcome, Mettelil, daughter mine, +How speedest thou with that burden of thine?” + +“So speeding am I, such plight I am in, +That upon this earth no rest can I win.” + +Little Kirsten a may was of goodness rife, +Dearly she loved her brother’s wife. + +She to her brother was true of heart, +Of wax two babes she formed with art. + +She wrapt them up in the linen fair, +And took them beneath her cloak with care. + +She took them beneath her cloak with care, +And them to her mother she straightway bare. + +“My dearest mother, no longer grieve, +The babes of your son in your arms receive.” + +“Has Mettelil forth these little sons brought? +Then my dark Runes have availed nought. + +“Air and earth I have spelled, save the spot alone, +The little spot, my chest stood upon. + +“Oh I enchanted have as wide +As she could either walk or ride. + +“I have enchanted both earth and wood, +Save the spot whereon my chest it stood.” + +No sooner she the words had said, +Than proud Mettelil on the place was laid. + +And when she had come where stood the chest, +Straight of two sons was she released. + +That Sir Peter’s mother so mortified, +Full quickly of rage and spite she died. + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W. + + _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_ + + + + +Footnotes: + + +{14} This is a much later, and greatly improved, version of the ballad +which first appeared in _Romantic Ballads_, 1826, pp. 136–138, and +afterwards in _Targum_, 1835, pp. 42–43. + +{16} This ballad should be read in conjunction with _Rosmer_, printed in +_The Mermaid’s Prophecy_, _and other Songs relating to Queen Dagmar_, +1913, pp. 25–30. + +{23} This ballad should be compared with _The Wicked Stepmother_, +printed in _The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads_, 1913, pp. 14–20. + + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG SWAIGDER, OR THE FORCE OF +RUNES*** + + +******* This file should be named 28986-0.txt or 28986-0.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/9/8/28986 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes + and Other Ballads + + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Wise + +Release Date: May 29, 2009 [eBook #28986] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG SWAIGDER, OR THE FORCE OF +RUNES*** +</pre> +<p>Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David +Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org</p> +<h1>YOUNG SWAIGDER<br /> +<span class="smcap">or</span><br /> +THE FORCE OF RUNES<br /> +<span class="smcap">and other ballads</span></h1> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">by</span><br /> +GEORGE BORROW</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +<span class="smcap">printed for private circulation</span></p> +<p style="text-align: center">1913</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 4--><a +name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span><i>Copyright in +the United States of America</i><br /> +<i>by Houghton</i>, <i>Mifflin & Co. for Clement +Shorter</i>.</p> +<h2><!-- page 5--><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +5</span>YOUNG SWAIGDER<br /> +<span class="smcap">or</span><br /> +THE FORCE OF RUNES</h2> +<p>It was the young Swaigder,<br /> + With the little ball he played;<br /> +The ball flew into the Damsel’s lap,<br /> + And pale her cheeks it made.</p> +<p>The ball flew into the Damsel’s bower.<br /> + He went of it in quest;<br /> +Before he out of the bower came,<br /> + Much care had filled his breast!</p> +<p>“The ball, the ball thou shouldst not fling,<br /> + Shouldst cast it not at me;<br /> +There sits a maid in a foreign land,<br /> + She sighs and weeps for thee.</p> +<p><!-- page 6--><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +6</span>“Thou never more shalt peace obtain,<br /> + Or close in sleep thine eyes,<br /> +Till thou has freed the lovely maid,<br /> + In thrall for thee that lies.”</p> +<p>It was the young Swaigder,<br /> + Placed his cap upon his head,<br /> +And into the high chamber<br /> + Unto his knights he sped.</p> +<p>“Here, quaffing mead from out the shell<br /> + Sit ye, my Courtmen bold,<br /> +Whilst I go to the mountain drear,<br /> + Speech with the Dead to hold!</p> +<p>“Here, quaffing mead and ruddy wine,<br /> + Sit ye my men so brave,<br /> +Whilst I go to the mountain drear,<br /> + With my mother speech to have!”</p> +<p>It was the young Swaigder,<br /> + And he began to call—<br /> +Riven were wall and marble stone,<br /> + And the hill began to fall.</p> +<p><!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>“Who is it breaks my sleep,<br /> + And works me such annoy?<br /> +Deep, deep below the earth so swart<br /> + Can I not peace enjoy?”</p> +<p>“O, it is the young Swaigder,<br /> + The son thou lovest dear;<br /> +He fain would good advice from thee,<br /> + His darling mother, hear.</p> +<p>“For I have now a step-mother,<br /> + So harsh she is of mood,<br /> +And she upon me Runes has cast<br /> + For a maid I ne’er have +view’d.”</p> +<p>“I will give thee a noble horse,<br /> + Shall bear thee at thy need,<br /> +And he will run upon the sea<br /> + As on the verdant mead.</p> +<p>“And I will to thee a napkin give,<br /> + ’Tis of Ager wool entire,<br /> +Before thee on the board shall stand,<br /> + What meat thou shalt desire.</p> +<p><!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +8</span>“I will to thee a deer’s horn give,<br /> + Mark well its golden gleam;<br /> +All the drink thou wishest for,<br /> + From the golden horn shall stream.</p> +<p>“And I will give to thee a sword,<br /> + Hardened in Dragon’s blood;<br /> +It will glitter like a beam<br /> + When thou ridest through the wood.</p> +<p>“I will give to thee a barque,<br /> + Its white sails silk shall be;<br /> +Shall move as well on the verdant earth<br /> + As on the foaming sea.”</p> +<p>Their silken sails on the gilded yard<br /> + So wide, so wide they spread;<br /> +Away they sailed to the distant land,<br /> + Where dwelt the lovely maid.</p> +<p>And they have cast their anchors<br /> + Upon the yellow sand;<br /> +It was the young Swaigder<br /> + Who stepped the first to land.</p> +<p><!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +9</span>It was the young Swaigder,<br /> + His ship to the shore he steers;<br /> +And the first man there that met him,<br /> + Was a man of many years.</p> +<p>It was then the ancient man<br /> + Was the first to make enquire:<br /> +“O, what is the name of the young swain<br /> + With the sword, and the look of fire?”</p> +<p>“O, he is hight young Swaigder,<br /> + So wide his fame doth fly;<br /> +And he for a maid is pining sore<br /> + On whom he ne’er set eye.”</p> +<p>“There is within this land a maid,<br /> + Who pining long hath been<br /> +For a swain that hight is Swaigder,<br /> + And him she ne’er has seen.”</p> +<p>“If longs she after a young swain<br /> + On whom she ne’er set eye,<br /> +And he is hight young Swaigder,<br /> + He is here in verity.</p> +<p><!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +10</span>“Now do thou hear, thou ancient man,<br /> + If it as thou sayest be,<br /> +Become I King upon this land,<br /> + I’ll make a Count of thee.”</p> +<p>“’Midst of yonder verdant wood<br /> + Stands the castle of the maid;<br /> +The house is of gray marble stone,<br /> + The court with steel belaid.</p> +<p>“The house is of grey marble stone<br /> + The court with steel is floored,<br /> +The portal is of ruddy gold,<br /> + Twelve bears before it guard.</p> +<p>“In middle of the maiden’s court<br /> + A linden spreads its shade,<br /> +If truly thou art Swaigder,<br /> + Hie forward unafraid.”</p> +<p>Away then rode young Swaigder,<br /> + Cast towards the gate his eye;<br /> +And all the locks that before it hung,<br /> + Down fell they instantly.</p> +<p><!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +11</span>Then withered the leaf, then withered the linden,<br /> + And the grass at the linden’s root;<br /> +And the twelve bears who the portal guard<br /> + They fell at the hero’s foot.</p> +<p>When he came into the castle-court,<br /> + He smoothèd his array,<br /> +Then proudly up to the high, high hall<br /> + To the King he took his way.</p> +<p>“Hail to thee, hail to thee, heathen King,<br /> + Who dost at the wide board sit,<br /> +Wilt thou give me thy daughter fair?<br /> + Return me an answer fit.”</p> +<p>“I have no daughter, I have no daughter,<br /> + No daughter but one have I;<br /> +And she so sorely longing<br /> + For a young swain doth lie.</p> +<p>“For a young swain whom she has never seen<br /> + My daughter longing lies;<br /> +The swain he hight is Swaigder,<br /> + So far his fame it hies.”</p> +<p><!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +12</span>In went the little serving boy,<br /> + Wore a kirtle white to see:<br /> +“If thou dost long for Swaigder,<br /> + Know that hither come is he.”</p> +<p>In then came the lovely maid,<br /> + In white silk clad was she:<br /> +“Now welcome, welcome my dearest heart,<br /> + Young Swaigder, welcome be!”</p> +<p>“Wilt thou consent baptized to be,<br /> + And the Christian faith receive,<br /> +And follow me to Denmark<br /> + With young Swaigder to live?”</p> +<p>“Willingly I baptized will be,<br /> + Will the Christian faith receive;<br /> +And will follow thee to Denmark,<br /> + Young Swaigder, with thee to live.”</p> +<p>On a Thursday she baptizèd was,<br /> + She the Christian faith received;<br /> +On a Sunday they their bridal held,<br /> + And ever in peace they lived.</p> +<p><!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +13</span>They kept their bridal feast for a day,<br /> + They kept the same for nine;<br /> +And there sat waiting the ancient man,<br /> + And through all of them did pine.</p> +<p>Be thanks to brave young Swaigder,<br /> + He kept so well his word;<br /> +A Knight he made of that ancient man,<br /> + Set him highest at the board.</p> +<p>Now joyful is young Swaigder,<br /> + His trouble all has fled;<br /> +He King became upon that land,<br /> + She Queen, when her sire was dead.</p> +<h2><!-- page 14--><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +14</span>THE HAIL STORM <a name="citation14"></a><a +href="#footnote14" class="citation">[14]</a></h2> +<p>As in Horunga haven<br /> +We fed the crow and raven,<br /> +I heard the tempest breaking<br /> +Of demon Thorgerd’s waking;<br /> +Sent by the fiend in anger,<br /> +With din and stunning clangor;<br /> +To crush our might intended,<br /> +Gigantic hail descended.</p> +<p>A pound the smallest pebble<br /> +Did weigh, and others treble;<br /> +It drifted, dealing slaughter,<br /> +And blood ran out like water,<br /> +<!-- page 15--><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +15</span>Ran recking, red and horrid,<br /> +From battered cheek and forehead;<br /> +But, though so rudely greeted,<br /> +No Jornsberg man retreated.</p> +<p>With anger ever sharper,<br /> +Thorgerda fierce, and Yrpr,<br /> +Shot lightning from each finger,<br /> +Which sped and did not linger.<br /> +Then sank our brave in numbers<br /> +To cold, eternal slumbers;<br /> +There lay the good and gallant,<br /> +Renowned for warlike talent.</p> +<p>To bide the storm unable<br /> +Our chieftain hewed his cable,<br /> +And with his ship departed—<br /> +We follow, broken-hearted;<br /> +For in Horunga haven<br /> +Our bravest feed the raven;<br /> +We did our best, but no men<br /> +Can stand ’gainst hail and foemen.</p> +<h2><!-- page 16--><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +16</span>ROSMER MEREMAN <a name="citation16"></a><a +href="#footnote16" class="citation">[16]</a></h2> +<p>In Denmark once a lady dwelt,<br /> + Hellelil the name she bore;<br /> +A castle new that lady built,<br /> + It shone all Denmark o’er.</p> +<p>Her daughter dear was stolen away,<br /> + She sought for her far and near;<br /> +The more she sought the less she found,<br /> + To her great distress and care.</p> +<p>She bid a noble ship be built,<br /> + Therein gilt masts did stand;<br /> +With valiant knights and courtmen bold<br /> + She caused it to be manned.</p> +<p><!-- page 17--><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +17</span>Her sons she followed to the strand,<br /> + With many a fond caress;<br /> +For eight long years they sailed away,<br /> + Enduring much distress.</p> +<p>For eight years had they sailed away,<br /> + So long they thought the tide,<br /> +When they sailed before a lofty hill,<br /> + And straight to land they hied.</p> +<p>Then peeped the Damsel Swanelil<br /> + Forth from the mountain brow:<br /> +“O whence can be these stranger swains,<br /> + As guests that seek us now?”</p> +<p>The youngest brother then replied,<br /> + So ready of speech was he:<br /> +“A widow’s three poor sons we are,<br /> + So long we’ve sailed the sea.</p> +<p>“Dame Hellelil our mother is,<br /> + We were born on Denmark’s ground;<br /> +From us our sister stolen was,<br /> + And her we have yet not found.”</p> +<p><!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +18</span>“If thou wert born on Danish ground,<br /> + And Dame Hellelil be thy mother<br /> +Then I thy beloved sister am<br /> + And thou art my youngest brother.</p> +<p>“Now do thou hear, my youngest brother,<br /> + Why didst not at home remain?<br /> +If thou hadst a thousand thousand lives<br /> + Thou none of them couldst retain.”</p> +<p>She placed him in the smallest nook<br /> + She could in the house espy:<br /> +She bade him for sake of the highest God,<br /> + Neither to laugh nor cry.</p> +<p>Rosmer came from the ocean home,<br /> + And straight he fell to bann:<br /> +“O I can smell by my right hand<br /> + That here is a Christian man.”</p> +<p>“A Bird with a dead man’s shank in its mouth,<br +/> + Chanced over our house to fly;<br /> +He cast it in, I cast it out,<br /> + And that full speedily.”</p> +<p><!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +19</span>A noble meal she then prepared,<br /> + And she gave him many a kiss:<br /> +“O here is come my sister’s son,<br /> + It would grieve me him to miss.</p> +<p>“My sister’s son is here arrived<br /> + From the land where I first drew breath;<br /> +Now give him, my lord, thy firm, firm oath,<br /> + Thou’lt do unto him no scathe.”</p> +<p>“If here has come thy sister’s son<br /> + From the native land of both,<br /> +To do him ne’er any kind of hurt,<br /> + I swear by my highest oath.”</p> +<p>It was the lofty Rosmer King<br /> + To two serving swains did call:<br /> +“Bid ye proud Swanelil’s sister’s son<br /> + Attend me in the hall.”</p> +<p>It was Swanelil’s sister’s son,<br /> + Before Rosmer should appear;<br /> +His heart it fluttered, his body it shivered,<br /> + He stood in such mighty fear.</p> +<p><!-- page 20--><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +20</span>Then took Rosmer her sister’s son,<br /> + Placed him upon his knee;<br /> +He stroked him so tenderly on the face<br /> + That ’twas yellow and blue to see.</p> +<p>Then answered proud Dame Swanelil:<br /> + “Thou forget’st, Sir Rosmer, mayhap,<br +/> +Thou hast not fingers small enough<br /> + To stroke so little a chap.”</p> +<p>And he was there till the years were five,<br /> + Then he longed for his native land:<br /> +“Now cause, O sister Swanelil,<br /> + That I’m set on the yellow strand.”</p> +<p>It was proud Dame Swanelil<br /> + ’Fore Rosmer goes to stand;<br /> +“The swain so long has been by the sea,<br /> + That he sighs for his native land.”</p> +<p>“If the swain has been so long by the sea<br /> + That he sighs for his native land,<br /> +I will give him a chest of gold,<br /> + To be subject to his hand.”</p> +<p><!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>“Wilt thou give him a chest of gold,<br /> + To be subject to his hand?<br /> +Hear thou now, my noble heart’s dear,<br /> + Take him to his native land.”</p> +<p>It was proud Dame Swanelil,<br /> + So cunning a trick she played;<br /> +She took thereout the ruddy gold all,<br /> + And herself in the chest she laid.</p> +<p>He took the man upon his back,<br /> + And the chest in his mouth he’s +ta’en;<br /> +And so he went the long, long way<br /> + Across the land and the main.</p> +<p>“Now have I borne thee to thy land,<br /> + Thou seest both sun and moon;<br /> +I conjure thee by the highest God<br /> + Name Swanelil to none.”</p> +<p>Rosmer sprang into the sea amain,<br /> + The water splashed to the sky;<br /> +And when he came to the mountain home<br /> + No Swanelil could he spy,</p> +<p><!-- page 22--><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +22</span>When he came to the mountain home<br /> + Gone was the belov’d of his heart;<br /> +He sprang so wild about the hill,<br /> + And changed to a flint rock swart.</p> +<p>There was rejoicing in Hellelil’s court,<br /> + They rejoiced in many a way;<br /> +Back to their friends her children are come,<br /> + Who had been so long away.</p> +<h2><!-- page 23--><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +23</span>THE WICKED-STEPMOTHER</h2> +<h3>No. II. <a name="citation23"></a><a href="#footnote23" +class="citation">[23]</a></h3> +<p>Sir Peter o’er to the island strayed—<br /> + <i>All underneath a linden wide</i>.<br /> +He weds Mettelil, so fair a maid—<br /> + <i>In such peril with her through the forest +ride</i>.</p> +<p>Bracelets of gold he given her hath,<br /> +That fills his mother’s breast with wrath.</p> +<p>“If thou wed a maid against my desire,<br /> +With her first babe she shall expire!”</p> +<p>He weds her and home he her has ta’en,<br /> +To meet her his mother will not deign.</p> +<p><!-- page 24--><a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +24</span>When they together a year had dwelt,<br /> +Herself with child proud Mettelil felt.</p> +<p>Out and in they Mettelil bear,<br /> +Death has to her approached so near.</p> +<p>“Since neither live nor die I may,<br /> +Take me whence a maid ye brought me away.”</p> +<p>Thereto the Stepmother made reply,<br /> +She was tow’rds her disposed maliciously:</p> +<p>“The horses graze upon the mead,<br /> +And the coach swains heavy they sleep in bed.”</p> +<p>Sir Peter he stood a little apart,<br /> +Mettelil has so grieved his heart.</p> +<p>The coach to her country was turned in haste,<br /> +And the horses before it were quickly placed.</p> +<p>And when they came to the verdant moor,<br /> +Her chariot broke into pieces four.</p> +<p>“What mighty crime can I have done,<br /> +That my own coach ’neath me will not run?”</p> +<p><!-- page 25--><a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +25</span>Sir Peter at no great distance hied,<br /> +He was so near he all espied.</p> +<p>“We forthwith will find a remedy,<br /> +Thou shalt ride and walk will I.”</p> +<p>“Each noble Dame will know how fit,<br /> +I am in this plight in the saddle to sit.”</p> +<p>Proud Mettelil came to her father’s abode,<br /> +Her father abroad to receive her strode.</p> +<p>“Welcome, Mettelil, daughter mine,<br /> +How speedest thou with that burden of thine?”</p> +<p>“So speeding am I, such plight I am in,<br /> +That upon this earth no rest can I win.”</p> +<p>Little Kirsten a may was of goodness rife,<br /> +Dearly she loved her brother’s wife.</p> +<p>She to her brother was true of heart,<br /> +Of wax two babes she formed with art.</p> +<p><!-- page 26--><a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +26</span>She wrapt them up in the linen fair,<br /> +And took them beneath her cloak with care.</p> +<p>She took them beneath her cloak with care,<br /> +And them to her mother she straightway bare.</p> +<p>“My dearest mother, no longer grieve,<br /> +The babes of your son in your arms receive.”</p> +<p>“Has Mettelil forth these little sons brought?<br /> +Then my dark Runes have availed nought.</p> +<p>“Air and earth I have spelled, save the spot alone,<br +/> +The little spot, my chest stood upon.</p> +<p>“Oh I enchanted have as wide<br /> +As she could either walk or ride.</p> +<p>“I have enchanted both earth and wood,<br /> +Save the spot whereon my chest it stood.”</p> +<p>No sooner she the words had said,<br /> +Than proud Mettelil on the place was laid.</p> +<p><!-- page 27--><a name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +27</span>And when she had come where stood the chest,<br /> +Straight of two sons was she released.</p> +<p>That Sir Peter’s mother so mortified,<br /> +Full quickly of rage and spite she died.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 28--><a +name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Edition limited to Thirty +Copies</i></p> +<h2>Footnotes:</h2> +<p><a name="footnote14"></a><a href="#citation14" +class="footnote">[14]</a> This is a much later, and greatly +improved, version of the ballad which first appeared in +<i>Romantic Ballads</i>, 1826, pp. 136–138, and afterwards +in <i>Targum</i>, 1835, pp. 42–43.</p> +<p><a name="footnote16"></a><a href="#citation16" +class="footnote">[16]</a> This ballad should be read in +conjunction with <i>Rosmer</i>, printed in <i>The Mermaid’s +Prophecy</i>, <i>and other Songs relating to Queen Dagmar</i>, +1913, pp. 25–30.</p> +<p><a name="footnote23"></a><a href="#citation23" +class="footnote">[23]</a> This ballad should be compared +with <i>The Wicked Stepmother</i>, printed in <i>The Dalby Bear +and Other Ballads</i>, 1913, pp. 14–20.</p> +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG SWAIGDER, OR THE FORCE OF +RUNES***</p> +<pre> + + +***** This file should be named 28986-h.htm or 28986-h.zip****** + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/9/8/28986 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes + and Other Ballads + + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Wise + +Release Date: May 29, 2009 [eBook #28986] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG SWAIGDER, OR THE FORCE OF +RUNES*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org + + + + + + YOUNG SWAIGDER + OR + THE FORCE OF RUNES + AND OTHER BALLADS + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + + 1913 + + _Copyright in the United States of America_ + _by Houghton_, _Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter_. + + + + +YOUNG SWAIGDER +OR +THE FORCE OF RUNES + + +It was the young Swaigder, + With the little ball he played; +The ball flew into the Damsel's lap, + And pale her cheeks it made. + +The ball flew into the Damsel's bower. + He went of it in quest; +Before he out of the bower came, + Much care had filled his breast! + +"The ball, the ball thou shouldst not fling, + Shouldst cast it not at me; +There sits a maid in a foreign land, + She sighs and weeps for thee. + +"Thou never more shalt peace obtain, + Or close in sleep thine eyes, +Till thou has freed the lovely maid, + In thrall for thee that lies." + +It was the young Swaigder, + Placed his cap upon his head, +And into the high chamber + Unto his knights he sped. + +"Here, quaffing mead from out the shell + Sit ye, my Courtmen bold, +Whilst I go to the mountain drear, + Speech with the Dead to hold! + +"Here, quaffing mead and ruddy wine, + Sit ye my men so brave, +Whilst I go to the mountain drear, + With my mother speech to have!" + +It was the young Swaigder, + And he began to call-- +Riven were wall and marble stone, + And the hill began to fall. + +"Who is it breaks my sleep, + And works me such annoy? +Deep, deep below the earth so swart + Can I not peace enjoy?" + +"O, it is the young Swaigder, + The son thou lovest dear; +He fain would good advice from thee, + His darling mother, hear. + +"For I have now a step-mother, + So harsh she is of mood, +And she upon me Runes has cast + For a maid I ne'er have view'd." + +"I will give thee a noble horse, + Shall bear thee at thy need, +And he will run upon the sea + As on the verdant mead. + +"And I will to thee a napkin give, + 'Tis of Ager wool entire, +Before thee on the board shall stand, + What meat thou shalt desire. + +"I will to thee a deer's horn give, + Mark well its golden gleam; +All the drink thou wishest for, + From the golden horn shall stream. + +"And I will give to thee a sword, + Hardened in Dragon's blood; +It will glitter like a beam + When thou ridest through the wood. + +"I will give to thee a barque, + Its white sails silk shall be; +Shall move as well on the verdant earth + As on the foaming sea." + +Their silken sails on the gilded yard + So wide, so wide they spread; +Away they sailed to the distant land, + Where dwelt the lovely maid. + +And they have cast their anchors + Upon the yellow sand; +It was the young Swaigder + Who stepped the first to land. + +It was the young Swaigder, + His ship to the shore he steers; +And the first man there that met him, + Was a man of many years. + +It was then the ancient man + Was the first to make enquire: +"O, what is the name of the young swain + With the sword, and the look of fire?" + +"O, he is hight young Swaigder, + So wide his fame doth fly; +And he for a maid is pining sore + On whom he ne'er set eye." + +"There is within this land a maid, + Who pining long hath been +For a swain that hight is Swaigder, + And him she ne'er has seen." + +"If longs she after a young swain + On whom she ne'er set eye, +And he is hight young Swaigder, + He is here in verity. + +"Now do thou hear, thou ancient man, + If it as thou sayest be, +Become I King upon this land, + I'll make a Count of thee." + +"'Midst of yonder verdant wood + Stands the castle of the maid; +The house is of gray marble stone, + The court with steel belaid. + +"The house is of grey marble stone + The court with steel is floored, +The portal is of ruddy gold, + Twelve bears before it guard. + +"In middle of the maiden's court + A linden spreads its shade, +If truly thou art Swaigder, + Hie forward unafraid." + +Away then rode young Swaigder, + Cast towards the gate his eye; +And all the locks that before it hung, + Down fell they instantly. + +Then withered the leaf, then withered the linden, + And the grass at the linden's root; +And the twelve bears who the portal guard + They fell at the hero's foot. + +When he came into the castle-court, + He smoothed his array, +Then proudly up to the high, high hall + To the King he took his way. + +"Hail to thee, hail to thee, heathen King, + Who dost at the wide board sit, +Wilt thou give me thy daughter fair? + Return me an answer fit." + +"I have no daughter, I have no daughter, + No daughter but one have I; +And she so sorely longing + For a young swain doth lie. + +"For a young swain whom she has never seen + My daughter longing lies; +The swain he hight is Swaigder, + So far his fame it hies." + +In went the little serving boy, + Wore a kirtle white to see: +"If thou dost long for Swaigder, + Know that hither come is he." + +In then came the lovely maid, + In white silk clad was she: +"Now welcome, welcome my dearest heart, + Young Swaigder, welcome be!" + +"Wilt thou consent baptized to be, + And the Christian faith receive, +And follow me to Denmark + With young Swaigder to live?" + +"Willingly I baptized will be, + Will the Christian faith receive; +And will follow thee to Denmark, + Young Swaigder, with thee to live." + +On a Thursday she baptized was, + She the Christian faith received; +On a Sunday they their bridal held, + And ever in peace they lived. + +They kept their bridal feast for a day, + They kept the same for nine; +And there sat waiting the ancient man, + And through all of them did pine. + +Be thanks to brave young Swaigder, + He kept so well his word; +A Knight he made of that ancient man, + Set him highest at the board. + +Now joyful is young Swaigder, + His trouble all has fled; +He King became upon that land, + She Queen, when her sire was dead. + + + + +THE HAIL STORM {14} + + +As in Horunga haven +We fed the crow and raven, +I heard the tempest breaking +Of demon Thorgerd's waking; +Sent by the fiend in anger, +With din and stunning clangor; +To crush our might intended, +Gigantic hail descended. + +A pound the smallest pebble +Did weigh, and others treble; +It drifted, dealing slaughter, +And blood ran out like water, +Ran recking, red and horrid, +From battered cheek and forehead; +But, though so rudely greeted, +No Jornsberg man retreated. + +With anger ever sharper, +Thorgerda fierce, and Yrpr, +Shot lightning from each finger, +Which sped and did not linger. +Then sank our brave in numbers +To cold, eternal slumbers; +There lay the good and gallant, +Renowned for warlike talent. + +To bide the storm unable +Our chieftain hewed his cable, +And with his ship departed-- +We follow, broken-hearted; +For in Horunga haven +Our bravest feed the raven; +We did our best, but no men +Can stand 'gainst hail and foemen. + + + + +ROSMER MEREMAN {16} + + +In Denmark once a lady dwelt, + Hellelil the name she bore; +A castle new that lady built, + It shone all Denmark o'er. + +Her daughter dear was stolen away, + She sought for her far and near; +The more she sought the less she found, + To her great distress and care. + +She bid a noble ship be built, + Therein gilt masts did stand; +With valiant knights and courtmen bold + She caused it to be manned. + +Her sons she followed to the strand, + With many a fond caress; +For eight long years they sailed away, + Enduring much distress. + +For eight years had they sailed away, + So long they thought the tide, +When they sailed before a lofty hill, + And straight to land they hied. + +Then peeped the Damsel Swanelil + Forth from the mountain brow: +"O whence can be these stranger swains, + As guests that seek us now?" + +The youngest brother then replied, + So ready of speech was he: +"A widow's three poor sons we are, + So long we've sailed the sea. + +"Dame Hellelil our mother is, + We were born on Denmark's ground; +From us our sister stolen was, + And her we have yet not found." + +"If thou wert born on Danish ground, + And Dame Hellelil be thy mother +Then I thy beloved sister am + And thou art my youngest brother. + +"Now do thou hear, my youngest brother, + Why didst not at home remain? +If thou hadst a thousand thousand lives + Thou none of them couldst retain." + +She placed him in the smallest nook + She could in the house espy: +She bade him for sake of the highest God, + Neither to laugh nor cry. + +Rosmer came from the ocean home, + And straight he fell to bann: +"O I can smell by my right hand + That here is a Christian man." + +"A Bird with a dead man's shank in its mouth, + Chanced over our house to fly; +He cast it in, I cast it out, + And that full speedily." + +A noble meal she then prepared, + And she gave him many a kiss: +"O here is come my sister's son, + It would grieve me him to miss. + +"My sister's son is here arrived + From the land where I first drew breath; +Now give him, my lord, thy firm, firm oath, + Thou'lt do unto him no scathe." + +"If here has come thy sister's son + From the native land of both, +To do him ne'er any kind of hurt, + I swear by my highest oath." + +It was the lofty Rosmer King + To two serving swains did call: +"Bid ye proud Swanelil's sister's son + Attend me in the hall." + +It was Swanelil's sister's son, + Before Rosmer should appear; +His heart it fluttered, his body it shivered, + He stood in such mighty fear. + +Then took Rosmer her sister's son, + Placed him upon his knee; +He stroked him so tenderly on the face + That 'twas yellow and blue to see. + +Then answered proud Dame Swanelil: + "Thou forget'st, Sir Rosmer, mayhap, +Thou hast not fingers small enough + To stroke so little a chap." + +And he was there till the years were five, + Then he longed for his native land: +"Now cause, O sister Swanelil, + That I'm set on the yellow strand." + +It was proud Dame Swanelil + 'Fore Rosmer goes to stand; +"The swain so long has been by the sea, + That he sighs for his native land." + +"If the swain has been so long by the sea + That he sighs for his native land, +I will give him a chest of gold, + To be subject to his hand." + +"Wilt thou give him a chest of gold, + To be subject to his hand? +Hear thou now, my noble heart's dear, + Take him to his native land." + +It was proud Dame Swanelil, + So cunning a trick she played; +She took thereout the ruddy gold all, + And herself in the chest she laid. + +He took the man upon his back, + And the chest in his mouth he's ta'en; +And so he went the long, long way + Across the land and the main. + +"Now have I borne thee to thy land, + Thou seest both sun and moon; +I conjure thee by the highest God + Name Swanelil to none." + +Rosmer sprang into the sea amain, + The water splashed to the sky; +And when he came to the mountain home + No Swanelil could he spy, + +When he came to the mountain home + Gone was the belov'd of his heart; +He sprang so wild about the hill, + And changed to a flint rock swart. + +There was rejoicing in Hellelil's court, + They rejoiced in many a way; +Back to their friends her children are come, + Who had been so long away. + + + + +THE WICKED-STEPMOTHER + + +No. II. {23} + + +Sir Peter o'er to the island strayed-- + _All underneath a linden wide_. +He weds Mettelil, so fair a maid-- + _In such peril with her through the forest ride_. + +Bracelets of gold he given her hath, +That fills his mother's breast with wrath. + +"If thou wed a maid against my desire, +With her first babe she shall expire!" + +He weds her and home he her has ta'en, +To meet her his mother will not deign. + +When they together a year had dwelt, +Herself with child proud Mettelil felt. + +Out and in they Mettelil bear, +Death has to her approached so near. + +"Since neither live nor die I may, +Take me whence a maid ye brought me away." + +Thereto the Stepmother made reply, +She was tow'rds her disposed maliciously: + +"The horses graze upon the mead, +And the coach swains heavy they sleep in bed." + +Sir Peter he stood a little apart, +Mettelil has so grieved his heart. + +The coach to her country was turned in haste, +And the horses before it were quickly placed. + +And when they came to the verdant moor, +Her chariot broke into pieces four. + +"What mighty crime can I have done, +That my own coach 'neath me will not run?" + +Sir Peter at no great distance hied, +He was so near he all espied. + +"We forthwith will find a remedy, +Thou shalt ride and walk will I." + +"Each noble Dame will know how fit, +I am in this plight in the saddle to sit." + +Proud Mettelil came to her father's abode, +Her father abroad to receive her strode. + +"Welcome, Mettelil, daughter mine, +How speedest thou with that burden of thine?" + +"So speeding am I, such plight I am in, +That upon this earth no rest can I win." + +Little Kirsten a may was of goodness rife, +Dearly she loved her brother's wife. + +She to her brother was true of heart, +Of wax two babes she formed with art. + +She wrapt them up in the linen fair, +And took them beneath her cloak with care. + +She took them beneath her cloak with care, +And them to her mother she straightway bare. + +"My dearest mother, no longer grieve, +The babes of your son in your arms receive." + +"Has Mettelil forth these little sons brought? +Then my dark Runes have availed nought. + +"Air and earth I have spelled, save the spot alone, +The little spot, my chest stood upon. + +"Oh I enchanted have as wide +As she could either walk or ride. + +"I have enchanted both earth and wood, +Save the spot whereon my chest it stood." + +No sooner she the words had said, +Than proud Mettelil on the place was laid. + +And when she had come where stood the chest, +Straight of two sons was she released. + +That Sir Peter's mother so mortified, +Full quickly of rage and spite she died. + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W. + + _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_ + + + + +Footnotes: + + +{14} This is a much later, and greatly improved, version of the ballad +which first appeared in _Romantic Ballads_, 1826, pp. 136-138, and +afterwards in _Targum_, 1835, pp. 42-43. + +{16} This ballad should be read in conjunction with _Rosmer_, printed in +_The Mermaid's Prophecy_, _and other Songs relating to Queen Dagmar_, +1913, pp. 25-30. + +{23} This ballad should be compared with _The Wicked Stepmother_, +printed in _The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads_, 1913, pp. 14-20. + + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUNG SWAIGDER, OR THE FORCE OF +RUNES*** + + +******* This file should be named 28986.txt or 28986.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/9/8/28986 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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