Tales of a Wayside Inn

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"Strike the sails! " King Olaf said; / "Never shall men of mine take flight; / Never away from battle I fled, / Never away from my foes! / Let God dispose / Of my life in the fight!"

"Sound the horns! " said Olaf the King; / And suddenly through the drifting brume / The blare of the horns began to ring, / Like the terrible trumpet shock / Of Regnarock, / On the Day of Doom!

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