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Safe at anchor in Drontheim bay / King Olaf's fleet assembled lay, / And, striped with white and blue, / Downward fluttered sail and banner, / As alights the screaming lanner; / Lustily cheered, in their wild manner, / The Long Serpent's crew
Her forecastle man was Ulf the Red, / Like a wolf's was his shaggy head, / His teeth as large and white; / His beard, of gray and russet blended, / Round as a swallow's nest descended; / As standard-bearer he defended / Olaf's flag in the fight.