Fridthjof's Saga
A Norse Romance
Description:... "[...] So they grew up in joy and glee, And Fridthjof was the young oak tree; Unfolding in the vale serenely, The rose was Ingeborg the queenly. Saw you those two by light of day You seem in Freyja's house to stay, Where bride-pairs, golden-haired, were swinging, Their way on rosy pinions winging. But seeing them by moonlight pale Round dancing in the leafy vale, You'd think: The elf-king now advances, And leads his queen in fairy dances. How joyful 'twas, how lovely too, When firs[ he learned his futhorc through; No kings had e'er such honor brought them[...]".
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