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diff --git a/27405.txt b/27405.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d4037e --- /dev/null +++ b/27405.txt @@ -0,0 +1,960 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ulf Van Yern, Edited by Thomas J. Wise, +Translated by George Borrow + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Ulf Van Yern + and Other Ballads + + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: December 4, 2008 [eBook #27405] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ULF VAN YERN*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, +UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was +made. + + + + + + ULF VAN YERN + AND + OTHER BALLADS + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + 1913 + + _Copyright in the United States of America_ + _by Houghton_, _Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter_. + + + + +ULF VAN YERN + + +It was youthful Ulf Van Yern + Goes before the King to stand: +"To avenge my father's death + Lend me warriors of thy band." + +"Of my kemps I'll lend thee them + Who to follow thee consent; +Ask'st thou Vidrik Verlandson + Thou wilt further thy intent. + +"I will lend thee of my men, + Thou shalt have the very flower; +Vidrik, and stark Diderik, + Many kemps have felt their power. + +"They are heroes strong and bold + Who have battles often won; +Feared are they in every land + Where their names' renown has gone." + +In walked he, the good Dane King, + Glittering like the morning star: +"Which of ye, my Danish swains, + Will attend my friend to war?" + +Stalked the King along the floor, + Bore a gold cup in his hand: +"Which of ye, my courtmen, will, + Follow Wolf with shield and brand?" + +To their mouths their hats they held, + None to answer him made haste, +Save bold Vidrik Verlandson, + Of them all he made a jest. + +It was Vidrik Verlandson + Of his comrades made a sport: +"Sure 'tis but to guzzle mead + We are gathered here at court." + +Wrathful Diderik straight became, + Frantic at that word he grew; +Off he smote two warriors' heads, + At the King's foot them he threw. + +Then spake Vidrik Verlandson, + His whole thought on honor lies: +"We'll dispatch our messenger + And not go in stealthy guise." + +It was youthful Hammergray + Hurried from the city gate; +Every one on him that looked + Lost his voice and colour straight. + +Hark away, young Hammergray, + Gold is glittering on thy breast; +Ne'er was found or hawk or hound + Could with Hammer's speed contest. + +Pearls upon his bosom shone, + Folks thereat astounded gaze: +Fowl was none beneath the sun + Could with youthful Hammer race. + +Swift into the King's high hill + Bounded youthful Hammergray: +He was nimble at the tongue, + And could speak in gallant way. + +"King of Brattens Vendel, hail! + And the rest that fill your hall; +Ulf Van Yern to-morrow comes + To avenge his father's fall." + +"Better had he be at home + Tending sheep beneath the height, +Better than a message send + That he thither comes to fight. + +"Better had he crawl at home + Like a worm the rock beneath, +Than the war-like struggle dare + Where his father sank in death. + +"He at home had better stay, + Crouch and shake the bush below; +One blow only stood his sire, + He'll not stand me half a blow." + +"King of Brattens Vendel, hear, + Keep your tongue behind your tooth; +Quickly grows the young whelp up, + Full of threatening fangs his mouth." + +"In the world no warrior wight + Lives for whom I need to care, +Save 'tis Vidrik Verlandson, + And I trow he'll not be there." + +Answered then the Hammergray, + Answered to the Monarch's fright: +"It is Vidrik Verlandson + Will our army lead in fight." + +Rose a Brattens Vendel kemp, + And he shouted lustily: +"Well, full well, I Vidrik know, + Offspring of a blacksmith he. + +"Once was I at Birtingsborg + As the kempions drank their fill, +There he played a play which lives + In my mind, and ever will. + +"Fifteen kemps to death he smote, + And he deemed it but as game; +Nigh at hand I gazing stood, + Ashy pale my cheeks became." + +"Listen now, young Hammergray, + Strongly I entreat of thee, +If of Vidrik aught thou know, + Not to keep it hid from me." + +"Sick in bed if Vidrik lay, + Nor could sword nor buckler yield, +Many a Danish swain you'd find + Would await you in the field." + +Loudly answered then the King, + Through his veins rushed courage warm: +"I'll to-morrow, if I live, + Meet ye in the battle's storm." + +From beside the King's right hand + Rose a kemp, a stalwart one: +"What care we for such like foes? + Vidrik's but a blacksmith's son." + +It was the young Hammergray, + At that word his wrath boiled o'er; +Straight he smote the kempion dead, + Dead he tumbled on the floor. + +Said the Monarch with a cry, + While with rage his cheek grew white: +"Why hast thou my bravest kemp + Smit to death before my sight?" + +Thereto answered Hammergray, + As the King he fiercely eyed: +"I could ne'er with patience hear + Verland's valiant son decried." + +Straight away rushed Hammergray, + Soon he stood by Vidrik knight: +"Whet your spears, and sharp your swords, + For the King is bent on fight." + +All the mirky night they rode + O'er the dusky heathery down, +Still a light like that of day + From their polished weapons shone. + +Over Birting's moor they rode, + And through Birting's swamp in haste; +Full seven hundred were the kemps, + All in hard cuirasses cas'd. + +Towards Birting on they rode, + Birting's city they rode through; +Then they formed them in a ring, + And made Vidrik chief anew. + +On the down their flag they pitched, + Therein you a lion may spy; +Now must many an innocent man + Bid to life a long good-bye! + +Long they fought with sword and bow, + Each essayed his best to do; +From their brows burst ruddy sweat, + From their bucklers fire out flew. + +It was then the Vendel King, + From his helm a glance he cast: +"Say, who leads that band to-day, + That my people fall so fast?" + +Straight replied the little page, + To the King rode next of all: +"Sir, 'tis Vidrik Verlandson, + Sits upon his courser tall." + +Answered one of the King's kemps, + Who had been in many fields: +"Yes, 'tis Vidrik Verlandson, + Mimmering {13} in his hand he wields." + +Thereto made the King reply, + As another glance he throws: +"'Gainst the shield I ill shall fight + Which the tongs and hammer shows. + +"'Gainst the shield I ill shall fight + Which the tongs and hammer bears, +This day I am doomed to die, + For fierce Vidrik no one spares. + +"Heathen wight, and Christian knight, + I would fight with glad and fain; +Only not with Verland's son, + For from him I scathe must gain." + +Ha! Hurrah! the Vendel King + In his steed the rowels drove; +Desperate he at Vidrik went, + Desperate he to fell him strove. + +Bravely done, thou Vendel King, + Fast and hard thy strokes are plied +E'en to his good saddle bow + Vidrik stoops his helm of pride. + +"I've from thee borne eighteen blows, + They are, Sir, nor more nor fewer, +For thy kingly honor now + But one blow from me endure." + +"If thou eighteen blows hast borne + Be they fewer or be they more, +I'll the self-same number take, + Gift of love can break their power." + +Forth a silken thread he drew + Tied it round his helm of gold: +"My heart's dear shall never hear + Blow of blacksmith laid me cold." + +Vidrik spake to Mimmering: + "Show thou'rt yet for something good; +I can say for fifteen years + I more fiercely have not hew'd." + +Grasped he then the hilt so hard + From his nails that blood outstarted, +On the Monarch's helm he hew'd, + To the navel him he parted. + +Shouted Vidrik Verlandson, + Standing on the verdant height: +"Be there one of all your host + Who has further wish to fight?" + +Now the Brattens Vendel King + Lies out pouring blood like water: +Vengeance now has Ulf Van Yern, + Vengeance for his father's slaughter. + +It was youthful Hammergray + Glanced around the bloody field: +"So like mice in their first sleep + Hushed the foemen lie, and still'd." + +Gladly back with Ulf Van Yern + Rode the Dane King's chivalry; +For his sire avenged he thanked + Vidrik oft and fervently. + + + + +THE CHOSEN KNIGHT + + +Sir Oluf rode forth over hill and lea + Full seven mile broad and seven mile wide, +But no one living discovered he + Who a joust with him dare ride. + +He saw, whilst forward glancing, +A gallant knight advancing, +Black was his courser, his helm was lac'd, +He came with bounding haste. + +Upon his spurs all gory +Twelve gilded birdies bore he; +Each time with the rowel he pricked his horse +The birdies sang with all their force. + +Twelve gilt wheels on his bridle +He bore, nor were they idle; +Each time through them the breezes blew, +How quickly around the little wheels flew. + +He carried before his breast +A long lance, placed in rest; +Far sharper than diamond was that lance, +It laid Sir Oluf in deadly trance. + +Aloft on his helm he show'd + A chaplet of red glare; +Three maidens in proof of their love bestow'd, + The youngest was so fair. + +Sir Oluf enquired of the knight, +An he were come down from the realms of light: +"Art thou the Christ, for if thou be, +I'll willingly bend before thee the knee?" + +"I am not the Christ of power, +Thou need'st not before me cower; +An unknown knight thou see'st in me, +Sent forth by three maids of high degree." + +"If thou be a chosen knight + Whom maidens three have sent this way, +Then for love of those damsels bright, + Thou shalt joust with me to-day." + +The first course they together rode + Of their coursers trial made they, +The second course they together rode + Their best manhood well display'd they. + +The third joust they together rode + Neither one the other humbled, +But the fourth joust they together rode + Dead to the green earth they tumbled. + +Now on the wold the heroes lie, + With their blood the grass is red; +In the chamber high sit the maids and sigh, + But the youngest soon is dead. + + + + +SIR SWERKEL + + +There's a dance in the hall of Sir Swerkel the Childe, +There dances fair Kirstine, her hair hanging wild. + +There dance the good King and his nobles so gay, +Fair Kirstine before them she warbles a lay. + +His hand to the maiden Sir Swerkel stretched free: +"Come hither and dance, little Kirstine, with me." + +Her finger he pressed, and moved up to her near: +"Sweet Kirstine, I pray thee become my heart's dear." + +Her finger he pressed, on her sandal trod he: +"Fair Kirstine, with pity my agonies see!" + +They danced to the left, and they danced to the right, +And her troth the fair damsel bestowed on the knight. + +Upon him Sir Swerkel his red mantle throws, +And to the high hall to his mother he goes. + +"Hail, hail as thou sittest here, dear mother mine! +I come from betrothing the little Kirstine." + +"Our Lady forbid, and our Lady forfend, +Relations like ye to betroth should pretend. + +"In wedlock united ye never must be, +For brother and sister, believe me, are ye." + +"Now tell me, I pray thee, O dear mother mine! +What time thou didst bring forth the little Kirstine." + +"The time that thou wast on thy journey to Rome, +I bore the sweet flowret that's now in full bloom. + +"Whilst thou to the sepulchre holy wast gone, +I bore the fair mirror thy love that hast won. + +"In the court of the Queen she was reared up with care, +And scarlet and sable accustomed to wear." + +"Now give me thy counsel, O dear mother mine, +How I may forget her, the little Kirstine?" + +"Go chase thou the hart, and go chase thou the hind, +And thou wilt her image soon chase from thy mind. + +"Go chase thou the hart, and go chase thou the roe, +And thou thy love-longing wilt quickly forego." + +He chased the proud hart, and he chased the swift hind, +But he never could chase the fair maid from his mind. + +He chased the tall hart, and he chased the sleek roe, +But the longing of love from his mind would not go. + +So the knight from the country was driven at last, +And into a cloister the maiden was cast. + +No little bird shaped from the far land its flight +Than enquiry she made for her dear betrothed knight. + +A bird ne'er so little across the sea stray'd +But he enquired after his dear betrothed maid. + + + + +FINN AND THE DAMSEL +OR +THE TRIAL OF WITS. + + +"What's rifer than leaves?" Finn cried. +"Dew is more rife," the damsel replied. + +"Hotter than fire?" Finn cried. +"The face of a kind-hearted man," she replied, + +"When chance to his hut the stranger doth guide, +And unable he is for his guest to provide." + +"Swifter than wind?" Finn cried. +"The vigour of woman," the damsel replied. + +"Sweeter than honey?" Finn cried. +"The words of affection," the damsel replied. + +"Ranker than bane?" Finn cried. +"A foeman's abuse," the damsel replied. + +"More black than the crow?" Finn cried. +"Death is yet blacker," the damsel replied. + +"More sharp than the sword?" Finn cried. +"Woman's sense at a pinch," the damsel replied. + +"What's best of all gems?" Finn cried. +"A knife or a dirk," the damsel replied. + +"Softer than down?" Finn cried. +"Love's palm on your cheek," the damsel replied. + +"A ship for all cargoes?" Finn cried. +"The tongs of the smith," the damsel replied. + +"Whiter than snow?" Finn cried. +"Truth is more white," the damsel replied. + +"How many trees are there?" Finn cried. +"The green and the sere make two," she replied. + +"What's reddest of red?" Finn cried. +"The flush of the freeman when praised," she replied. +"Or when praise to his merit is meanly denied." + +"Than the radish more brittle?" Finn cried. +"The nature of woman," the damsel replied. + +"What never grows old nor betied?" +"The friendship of man," the damsel replied. + +"What does woman love best?" Finn cried. +"A fair or a dance," the damsel replied. + +"What's best for your colour?" Finn cried. +"Cool air and good sleep," the damsel replied. + +"How many steeds are there?" Finn cried, +"But two, a horse and a mare," she replied. + +"What's best of all food?" Finn cried, +"Nought better than milk," the damsel replied. + +"What adorns a man most?" Finn cried, +"High deeds, humble words," the damsel replied. + +"The worst of all fare?" Finn cried. +"Strong drink, if it be too freely supplied, +Or the prate of a fool," the damsel replied. + + + + +EPIGRAMS BY CAROLAN + + +On Friars + + +Would'st thou on good terms with friars live, + Ever be humble and admiring; +All they ask of thee freely give, + And in return be nought requiring. + + + +On a surly Butler, +who had refused him admission to the cellar + + +O Dermod Flynn it grieveth me + Thou keepest not Hell's portal; +As long as thou should'st porter be, + Thou would'st admit no mortal. + + + +Lines + + +How deadly the blow I received +When of thee, O my darling, bereaved! +No more up the hill I shall bound, +No strength in my poor foot is found; +No joy o'er my visage shall break +'Till from out the cold earth I awake. +Of the corn like the very top grain, +Or the pine 'mongst the shrubs of the plain, +Or the moon 'mongst the starlets above, +Went thou amongst women, my love! + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. 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