And long to see thee wounded.

Combed and washed

Should every wise man be,

And well fed in the morning,

For it is uncertain

Where he may be at night;

It is bad to hurry ahead of one’s luck.

“One morning a raven came to the lighthole at Brekka, and croaked loudly; then Hromund sang—

Outside I hear in the morning twilight

The dark blue swan[[423]] of the sweat of the wound-thorn[[424]] croak;