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Canzone 3
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by
Sam Gilliland


Our Norseman has gone and the islands mourn,
Viking Gods hear the dirge and the creped drum
Slowly tapping.  His longboat glides on a misty swell
Upsurging that will take him on a journey well
Travelled, and by other warriors bourne
Into time's own dark ocean where the thrum
And lyre of bards bid others come;
Now, in that boundless, silent sleep,
Where the great dead in their vigil keep
Valhalla bright by that Northern star,
He'll travel well, and he'll travel far.

© Sam Gilliland 1996

published in
Chapman No. 84
4 Broughton Place
Edinburgh EH1 3RX
Scotland


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