... fairest cargo ship e'er bore, From Russia's distant eastern shore The gallant Harald homeward brings— Gold, and a fame that skald still sings. The ship through dashing foam he steers, Through the sea-rain to Svithjod veers, And at Sigtuna's grassy shores His gallant ... — Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson
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