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KING OLAF AND EARL SIGVALD.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow·1807–1882·Romanticism
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n the gray sea-sandsKing Olaf stands,Northward and seawardHe points with his hands. With eddy and whirlThe sea-tides curl,Washing the sandalsOf Sigvald the Earl. The mariners shout,The ships swing about,The yards are all hoisted,The sails flutter out. The war-horns are played,The anchors are weighed,Like moths in the distanceThe sails flit and fade. The sea is like lead,The harbor lies dead,As a corse on the sea-shore,Whose spirit has fled! On that fatal day,The histories say,Seventy vesselsSailed out of the bay. But soon scattered wideO'er the billows they ride,While Sigvald and OlafSail side by side. Cried the Earl: "Follow me!I your pilot will be,For I know all the channelsWhere flows the deep sea!" So into the straitWhere his foes lie in wait,Gallant King OlafSails to his fate! Then the sea-fog veilsThe ships and their sails;Queen Sigrid the Haughty,Thy vengeance prevails!
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