In the woods to find | what the wolves had left;

Tears I had not, | nor wrung my hands, [[454]]

Nor wailing went, | as other women,

(When by Sigurth | slain I sat).

[12]. Never so black | had seemed the night

As when in sorrow | by Sigurth I sat;

The wolves . . . . | . . . . . . . .

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[13]. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . .

Best of all | methought ’twould be