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diff --git a/28824.txt b/28824.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8038d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/28824.txt @@ -0,0 +1,985 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mermaid's Prophecy, by Anonymous, Edited +by Thomas 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: The Mermaid's Prophecy + and Other Songs Relating to Queen Dagmar + + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Thomas Wise + +Release Date: May 15, 2009 [eBook #28824] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MERMAID'S PROPHECY*** + + +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. + + + + + + THE + MERMAID'S PROPHECY + AND OTHER + SONGS RELATING TO QUEEN DAGMAR + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + 1913 + + + + +SONGS RELATING TO QUEEN DAGMAR + + +I. KING VALDEMAR'S WOOING. + + +Valdemar King and Sir Strange bold + At table sat one day, +So many a word 'twixt them there passed + In amicable way. + +"Hear Strange, hear! thou for a time + Thy native land must leave; +Thou shalt away to Bohemia far + My young bride to receive." + +Then answered Strange Ebbesen, + To answer he was not slow: +"Who shall attend me of thy liegemen, + If I to Bohemia go?" + +"Do thou take with thee young Lord Limbek, + Nor leave Olaf Lukke behind; +Take rich Peter Glob, and whomsoe'er + Shall best please thine own mind. + +"Take Sealand's Bishop, none more learned + There dwelleth North nor South, +And take Sir Albert of Eskilsea, + There's eloquence in his mouth." + +It was the young Sir Strange bold, + He down to the sea shore wends, +And him King Valdemar himself + With nobles many attends. + +And they sailed over the briny wave, + They sailed for sennights three, +The nearest way to Bohemia's bounds, + They were at heart so free. + +They furled their sail, and their anchor dropped, + To the land they eagerly sped; +So fair a band of knights they were, + Sir Strange at their head. + +When a little up the land they'd won + They dispatched their messenger, +Should tell to Bohemia's prince that they + The Dane-king's envoys were. + +And to speak with him in secrecy + On a matter of weight they sought; +Then silk upon the earth was spread, + And before the King they were brought. + +"Hail to thee, King of Bohemian Land, + Thou sittest a prince in state; +To you sends Valdemar, Denmark's King, + With your daughter he would mate." + +"Take napkins, Sirs, and water take, + Sit down at our table board; +We bid ye welcome to our land, + Fit answer we'll award." + +To the bower high the monarch sped, + His Queen's advice to take: +"Nobles are here from Denmark come, + And suit for our daughter make." + +"If Valdemar, King of Denmark's land, + For our dear daughter woo, +We'll give her to the powerful man, + And precious dowry too." + +They decked her with the ruddy gold, + And her to the hall convey'd; +Sir Strange the knight, so fair and fine, + A low obeisance made. + +They clad her in the silken vest, + And her to the hall conveyed: +"Here mayst thou see the princess self + In her graces all arrayed." + +Then they bore in the playing board, + Was wroughten all of gold; +Sir Strange should with the princess play, + And private converse hold. + +The third game they together played + Upon that red gold board, +Sir Strange won the noble maid + For Valdemar his lord. + +So deep 'twas getting in the night, + From tables they should rise, +Sir Strange must the princess bed, + Sir Strange bold and wise. + +Then they the Damsel attend to bed + To the valiant cavalier, +Sir Strange with respectful grace + Arose when she drew near. + +"Now on your honour and knightly truth, + Sir Strange tell to me: +Whether the King of your Danish land + Be handsome or not to see?" + +Then answer made Sir Strange good, + Looked up to the star-lit sky: +"By the Saints above, the King of our love + Is handsomer twice than I." + +They spread the silk upon the earth, + And the princess led to the strand, +To her parents dear, she bade good-night, + And away they bore from land. + +It was the good Bohemian King + To advising his daughter fell: +"Think, think my child, on honor and fame + When thou in Denmark dwell. + +"Pious and virtuous, kind and good, + To prove thyself essay +To thy subjects all, for thus wilt thou + Become their hope and stay." + +The nobles steered their ship from the land, + No cares their hearts oppress, +And they the land of Denmark made + In two months tide and less. + +It was the beauteous Dagmar Queen + Before Mando neared the land, +And lo! the bold King of Denmark rode + His courser on the sand. + +"Tell me, Sir Strange Ebbesen, + Ere we come nearer land, +What squinting fellow 'tis who rides + So brisk on the yellow sand?" + +"Be welcome, beauteous Dagmar Queen, + Speak thereabout no word; +For know 'tis Valdemar of Denmark, + Of kingdoms three the lord. + +"My gracious liege, lady Dagmar fair, + Of princes he's the flower, +He castles has, and fortresses, + Three kingdoms own his power." + +"Shame, shame befall thee, Strange dog, + How loudly thou canst lie; +Methinks your boasted Danish King + Has only got one eye." + +"My lovely Dame, a warrior he, + And the best beneath the sun; +He back to Denmark all the land + Benorth Ebb's stream has won. + +"A man is he, and a prince full wise, + In the face dares look his foes; +They fly before him both East and West, + When he with fury glows. + +"Who others life and land will risk + And prove war's pastime fell, +If a prince of blood and courageous mood + Will risk himself as well? + +"And do thou hear, my lovely maid, + Be cheerful and content, +For ne'er so long as thou shalt live + This step thou shalt repent. + +"And all the time that thou shalt live + Your servant I will be, +And Denmark's gallant nobles all + Shall bow to thee their knee." + +So they their bridal solemnized + Beneath a lucky star; +So heartily one another loved + Soon Valdemar and Dagmar. + +There was rejoicing with great and small, + With rich men and with poor, +But boors and burgers most of all + Rejoiced from their heart's core. + +She came not to burden, she came in peace, + To ease the good boor she came; +If Denmark aye such flowers had + She dearly would prize the same! + +The love of every Danish heart + The good Queen Dagmar gained; +Such happy pleasant days there were + Whilst she alive remained. + + + +II. QUEEN DAGMAR'S ARRIVAL IN DENMARK. + + +It was Bohemia's Queen began + Her daughter to direct: +"They'll show thee, when thou to Denmark come, + Much honor and respect. + +"And when respect and honor thou win + In Denmark's land of fame, +Let not the boors be with tax opprest, + Thus will they bless thy name. + +"Be the first boon thou of thy lord dost crave, + Of thy lord so fair and kind, +That he release Bishop Valdemar, + His uncle, who sits confin'd." + +And there was silk and scarlet cloth + Upon the earth outspread; +'Twas Dagmar, the youthful princess fair, + To the strand that down was led. + +They hoisted up their silken sails + On the gilded yard so high, +And they in less than two months space + Old Denmark could descry. + +Before Mando they anchor cast, + They cast it on the white sand; +They took the princess Dagmar fair + And bore her first to land. + +They took the youthful Dagmar fair + And bore her first to land; +'Twas Valdemar King of Denmark old + That stretched to her his hand. + +Then there was silk, and scarlet cloth, + So wide on the earth outspread; +On Dagmar wait both Dames and maids, + To Ribe house she was led. + +So early in the morning tide + Ere the sun illumed the lift, +'Twas young and beauteous Dagmar Queen + That craved her morning gift. + +"The first, first boon that I crave of thee, + My heart's beloved lord, +Let Bishop Valdemar leave his tower + And be to his friends restor'd. + +"The second boon I most earnestly crave, + Nor must thou that refuse, +Take off from each plough the tax that's on, + And from prison the captives loose." + +"Desist, desist from thy first prayer, + Desist, my Dagmar dear, +If Valdemar Bishop come but out, + He'll widow thee in a year." + +She took the gold crown off her brow, + On the table that she set: +"O what shall I do in Denmark, now + My request denial has met?" + +"Straight fetch to me hither Sir Strange knight, + And Younker Canute to me call, +They shall away to Oringsdorg + And the prisoners free from thrall." + +And when from the tower forth he came + Nor walk nor stand he mought: +"Therein for full twelve years I sat, + So long the time I thought." + +A golden comb his sister took, + And combed his yellow hair; +For every lock of his she smoothed + She shed a briny tear. + +"And do thou hear, dear sister mine, + Ne'er sorrow for my sake; +If I one single year survive + I'll well my wrongs ywrake." + +"O hush, Bishop Valdemar! nor let + Thy fury o'er thee reign; +Comst thou once more into Seaborough tower, + We ne'er shall meet again." + +But the Bishop could not stifle his wrath, + So the land he was forced to quit; +It grieved Queen Dagmar to the heart, + That he showed so little wit. + +There was great joy over all Denmark + That Dagmar for Queen they had got; +Lived burger and boor in peace without + The plague of plough-tax and scot. + +Christ bless the youthful Athelings two, + And lengthen their vital span, +That justice they may, and equity, + Do long in sight of man! + + + +III. THE MERMAID'S PROPHECY. + + +The King he has caught the fair mermaid, and deep + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +In the dungeon has placed her, to pine and to weep, + Because his will she had not done. + +The Queen of the Danes addressed two of her band: + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +"To come to my presence the mermaid command, + For my will by her it shall be done." + +The mermaid came in, to the Queen she up went: + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +"What wilt thou, O Queen, that for me thou hast sent? + By me thy will can never be done." + +The Queen the blue cushion stroked down with a smile: + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +"Sit down pretty mermaid and rest thee awhile, + My will by thee must now be done." + +"Why seek'st thou, O Queen, to betray my young life? + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +For under that cushion is stuck a sharp knife, + By me thy will can never be done." + +"If thou knowest that, then much more thou dost know, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +So do thou my destiny unto me show, + And thus by thee shall my will be done." + +"If I should thy destiny to thee announce, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +On a fire of faggots thoud'st burn me at once! + By me unwilling your will is done. + +"Three babes thou shalt bear, each a beautiful boy, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +And in leaving thy womb they thy life shall destroy, + And thus fair Queen thy will is done." + +"If with me, luckless me, it no better shall speed, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +Inform me what fortune for them is decreed, + For thus by thee can my will be done." + +"The first shall be King in old Denmark of them, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +The next shall succeed to the gold diadem, + By me can thus thy will be done. + +"The third as the wisest of mortals shall shine, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +And for him thou art doomed thy young life to resign, + Thus all your will, fair Queen, I've done." + +In her mantle of azure the Queen wrapt her head, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +And unto the hall to the Monarch she sped, + For she her will had fairly done. + +"Now hear my entreaty, my heart's belov'd Lord, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +To my own disposal this mermaid award, + For she my will has fairly done." + +"I'll not give her thee, nor her life shalt thou save, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +For my seven brave vessels she swamped in the wave, + My pleasure thus she has not done." + +Black, black as a clod grew the Queen at that word, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +And down she fell senseless before the King's board, + Because her will she had fairly clone. + +"My Queen and my dearest! thy heart shall not break, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +Thou art free to the strand the fair mermaid to take, + Because thy will she has fairly done." + +The mermaid in scarlet so fine she array'd, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +Although she had heard her own death by her spaed, + For thus, for thus, her will she'd done. + +The Queen gave command to the maids in her train: + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +"Convey ye the mermaid hence down to the main, + For she my will has fairly done." + +Upon the blue billows the mermaid they place, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +The Queen fell to weeping, and sad was each face, + For she her will, alack! had done. + +"O prythee don't weep, and O prythee don't grieve, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +Heaven's portals stand open thy soul to receive, + Now I thy will have fairly done. + +"In the mansions of Heaven thou aye shalt remain, + (_The mermaid dances the floor upon_) +And there perfect quiet and rest thou shalt gain-- + Now all thy will, fair Queen, I've done!" + + + + +ROSMER. + + +Buckshank bold, and Elfinstone, + And more than I can mention here. +They caused to be built so stout a ship, + And unto Iceland they will steer. + +They launched the ship upon the sea, + Which bellowed like a wrathful bear; +Down to the bottom the vessel sank, + A laidly Trold has dragged it there. + +Sank to the bottom the young Roland, + And round about he groped awhile. +Until he found the path which led + Unto the bower of Ellenlile. + +Young Roland towards the mountain goes, + He saw the little sparkles fly: +"Betide whate'er the Lord God will + I here will house me verily." + +Young Roland into the mountain went, + Benumbed with cold his limbs they shook: +"What dost thou here, thou wretched man, + On whom the Lord with pity look?" + +Then up and spoke Dame Ellenlile: + "Young swain why hither hast thou come? +What message hast thou brought to me? + Thou'dst better far have staid at home. + +"Now hie thee to the chamber in, + So frozen and so wet withal; +But cometh Rosmer Giant home + He'll tear thee into pieces small. + +"Now sit thee down, thou wretched lad, + And at the fire thy body cheer; +If Rosmer Giant come striding in + He'll stick thee on this spit, I fear." + +Then home came Rosmer Shank-stretcher, + And thus in anger he began: +"Full certainly there's hither come + Some Christian woman, child, or man." + +Then forward stepped she, Ellenlile, + And swore so high and solemnly: +"A crow which bore a dead man's leg + E'en now across the house did fly. + +"A crow which bore a dead man's leg + Just now across our house did fly; +He cast it in, I cast it out, + And that I trow full speedily." + +But Rosmer shrieked and sprang about: + "Some Christian wight thon dost conceal, +And I will spit and burn thee, Dame, + Unless the truth thou dost reveal." + +Then Ellenlile her mantle donned, + And went and stood by Rosmer's knee: +"O here's a swain from Iceland come, + And he's of nearest kin to me." + +"If there's a swain from Iceland come, + And if he be thy kinsman near, +Then I to him will safety pledge, + No harm from me he need to fear." + +When he two years in the sea had been, + Young Roland he would fain be gone; +For Ellenlile was now with child, + A deed of folly had been done. + +When that perceived proud Ellenlile, + Near Rosmer King she took her stand: +"Now wilt thou give the stranger lad + Leave to return to his own land?" + +"And if the swain for home doth long, + Then I will take him to the shore; +And I will give him silver and gold, + And in a coffer it will store. + +And so he took the ruddy gold, + And in a coffer it he laid; +Unknown to him proud Ellenlile + So sly therein herself convey'd. + +He takes the man beneath his arm, + The coffer on his back he throws; +Then away, away beneath the salt spray + Striding the Giant Rosmer goes. + +"Now have I brought thee to the land, + And moon and sun thou canst behold; +And now to use as thou shalt chuse + I give this coffer filled with gold." + +"I thank thee, Rosmer, honest man, + Thou'st brought me out of the ocean wild; +And now I'll tell thee a piece of news, + The proud Dame Ellen is with child." + +Then ran the tears down Rosmer's cheeks, + As falls the dew on hill and plain: +"If thou hadst not my troth and oath + Here as thou standest thee I'd brain." + +Rosmer hied to the hill so fast, + As hind before the hart doth run; +And when he came within the hill + Behold proud Ellenlile was gone. + +But Ellenlile took Roland's hand, + 'Midst sport and jest away they hied; +To young Roland she told her tale, + And Roland served her as a guide. + +When Rosmer saw his love was gone, + So full was he of grief and dool, +He turned him into a huge grey rock, + And there he standeth like a fool. + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. 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