Apology is due for occasional alterations and elisions, all of which will readily be detected by students of the wonderful poetic fragments which have come down to us from our Norse and Teutonic forefathers.
R. A. B.
Denver, January 1, 1905.
ILLUSTRATIONS
["'Bend lower, king's daughter--little vala with eyes like dewy violets!'"] . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
["White to the lips, the young sea-king turned to his enemy"]
["'Love!' she cried, half hissing the word. 'You speak of love,--you, the heathen outlander!'"]
["'Go, Olvir!' muttered the king, thickly; 'go--before I forget that I once loved you'"]
FOR THE WHITE CHRIST
BOOK ONE
Now death has seized--