The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by William Morris

Author:William Morris [Morris, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Norse Religion & Mythology
Publisher: epubBooks Classics
Published: 2014-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

"I am called the Wild–thing Glorious, and alone I wend on the earth."

* * * * *

"What master hath taught thee of murder?—Thou hast wasted Fafnir's day."

"I, Sigurd, knew and desired, and the bright sword learned the way."

* * * * *

"I am blind, O Strong Compeller, in the bonds of Death and Hell.

But thee shall the rattling Gold and the red rings bring unto bane."

"Yet the rings mine hand shall scatter, and the earth shall gather again."

"Woe, woe! in the days passed over I bore the Helm of Dread,

I reared the Face of Terror, and the hoarded hate of the Dead:

I overcame and was mighty; I was wise and cherished my heart

In the waste where no man wandered, and the high house builded apart:

Till I met thine hand, O Sigurd, and thy might ordained from of old;

And I fought and fell in the morning, and I die far off from the Gold."

* * * * *

Then all sank into silence, and the Son of Sigmund stood

On the torn and furrowed desert by the pool of Fafnir's blood,

And the Serpent lay before him, dead, chilly, dull, and grey;

And over the Glittering Heath fair shone the sun and the day,

And a light wind followed the sun and breathed o'er the fateful place,

As fresh as it furrows the sea–plain or bows the acres' face.

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