Piety with reverent head,

Sense, and mild humanity,

Polished hospitality,

Taste that spreads improvement round,

On the old paternal ground;

And without its blood and crime,

Keeps the grace of elder time.

SCRAPS FROM THE NORTHERN SCRIP.

[The following specimens of the Icelandic Sagas have been closely translated for the Irish Penny Journal, from the publications of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen.]

NO. I.—KING OLAVE AND THE DEVIL.