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BOOK I. SIGMUND.
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And a word hath the west-wind blown him, (full fruitful be its fall!)
A word of thy daughter Signy the crown of womanhood:
Now he deems thy friendship goodly, and thine help in the battle good,
And for these will he give his friendship and his battle-aid again:
But if thou wouldst grant his asking, and make his heart full fain
Then shalt thou give him a matter, saith he, without a price,
—Signy thy fairer than fair, Signy the wiser than wise."
A word of thy daughter Signy the crown of womanhood:
Now he deems thy friendship goodly, and thine help in the battle good,
And for these will he give his friendship and his battle-aid again:
But if thou wouldst grant his asking, and make his heart full fain
Then shalt thou give him a matter, saith he, without a price,
—Signy thy fairer than fair, Signy the wiser than wise."
Such words in the hall of the Volsungs spake the Earl of Siggeir the Goth
Bearing the gifts and the gold, the ring, and the tokens of troth.
But
For
Till
Bearing the gifts and the gold, the ring, and the tokens of troth.
But
For
Till
But
And
As
A
And
As
A
"A
And
And
A
"I
And
"I
And
Then
But
"Would God it might otherwise be! but wert thou to will it not,
But
"Would God it might otherwise be! but wert thou to will it not,
