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Title Page Copyright Table of Content PART 1 STOROFSHVOLL, ICELAND 1855 PART 2 HIS LORD IS BURIED IN THE DARKNESS OF THE EARTH 1 The Wanderer begins to tell his tale 2 Sorry-hearted, he moves along the waterways towards the ice-cold sea 3 Seeking those who knew his kinsmen, and could give him comfort 4 For his friends have been slain within their mead-halls 5 Carried away by wars and wolves and ravens 6 Regret and sorrow, cruel companions to the friendless 7 Where now is the horse, the young rider? 8 Where now the seats at the feast, the revels in the halls? 9 Where the companions, forced to leave this middle-earth? 10 Each day brings new desertion and decay to the walls of the city 11 The weapons thirsty for slaughter 12 His spirit separated from the bounty of the earth 13 So he is bound by sorrow 14 The counsels of his lord have been lost to him 15 Time passes under cover of the night 16 And in sleep he lays his head upon the knees of his lord 17 Who was his gift-seat and his throne 18 The path of exile has twisted him like gold 19 And bereft him of his homeland 20 Alas for the bright cup, and the splendour of his prince 21 Alas for the mailed warriors who have been put to the sword 22 He ponders deeply on the darkness of his life 23 On men buried, dreich-faced, into the earth 24 And how cruel are the wounds of his heart 25 And how he longs for the good times passed 26 The friendless man awakes and sees before him the fallow waves 27 The rocky cliffs, where sea birds bathe and preen 28 And knows that frost and hail and snow are coming from the north 29 That the hall walls will soon be swept by storm and frost 30 And how terrible it will be when all has gone to waste 31 But the wise man keeps secure the mind-chest of his thoughts 32 And those who are eager for glory do not boast 33 Are patient, and never weak and reckless 34 Because soon comes storm and darkness 35 When all that is fleeting is turned to waste 36 Becomes a land bereft of the noise of its citizens 37 When the men who sought malice seek now only mercy 38 And the permanence of rest 39 So spoke the wanderer, the wiser man, as he ended his lament
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