"But many a ship shall Harald have,

For I deem the sea well wrought for his grave."

Then none spake save the King again,

"If Knut die all my days be vain.

"And whoso the tale of his death shall tell,

Hath spoken a word to gain him hell.

"Lo here a doom I will not break,"

So fair upriseth the rim of the sun.

"For life or death or any man's sake,"

So grey is the sea when day is done.