The Death Of Olaf Tryggvision (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
IBLUE as blossom of the myrtleSmiled the steadfast eyes of OlafOn the host of ships that harriedHis enraged, gold-glittering Dragon,Snared ...
IBLUE as blossom of the myrtleSmiled the steadfast eyes of OlafOn the host of ships that harriedHis enraged, gold-glittering Dragon,Snared ...
(In her lodgings)To-day King HaraldMust hold his ting-peace;For Einar has hereFive hundred peasants.Our son EindrideSafeguards his father,Who goes in fearlessThe ...
You chosen men we welcome hereFrom brothers near.We welcome you to Olaf's townThat Norway's greatest mem'ries crown,Where ancient prowess looking ...
… Oceanward I am ever yearning,Where far it rolls in its calm and grandeur,The weight of mountain-like fogbanks bearing,Forever wandering ...
I coom all der vay from Liverpool roun' der HornTo 'Freesco; ve voss hunder an' fifty day on der passage;Forty ...
Short of stature, large of limb, Burly face and russet beard, All the women stared at him, When in Iceland ...
I I took the clock down from the shelf; "At eight," said I, "I shoot myself." It lacked a minute ...
A little child stood thinking, sorrowfully and ill at ease, In a forest beneath the branches of the tall pine ...
Now this is the story of Olaf Who ages and ages ago Lived right on the top of a mountain, ...
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