The following are parodies of the "Saga of King Olaf," contained in Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn":—
QUEEN SIGRID THE HAUGHTY.
(A Longfellow Cut Short.)
Queen Sigrid the Haughty sat proud and aloft,
In her chamber that looked over meadow and croft;
She held in her hand a ring of gold
That was brought to her by a henchman old.
King Olaf had sent her that wedding gift;
But knowing King Olaf was prone to thrift,
She gave the ring to her goldsmiths twain,