Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Heimskringla, a History of the Norse Kings, Vol. 2: Done Into English Out of the Icelandic
Young was the king when from his home He first began in Ships to roam, His ocean-steed to ride To Denmark o'er the tide. Well exercised art thou in truth In manhood's earnest work, brave youth! Out from the distant north Mighty hast thou come forth.
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