The high-born king, | might come to him.

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[28]. “Alone was I gone | to Geirmund then,

The draught to mix | and ready to make;

Sudden I heard | from Hlesey clear

How in sorrow the strings | of the harp resounded.

[29]. “I bade the serving-maids | ready to be,

For I longed the hero’s | life to save;

Across the sound | the boats we sailed,

Till we saw the whole | of Atli’s home.