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AFTER THE DANISH OF CHRISTIAN WINTER.
WHERE, over heathen doom-rings and gray stones / of the Horg, / In its little Christian city stands the church of / Vordingborg, / In merry mood King Volmer sat, forgetful of his / power, / As idle as the Goose of Gold that brooded on his / tower.