In Balder's Grove by E. Klein 1899

"Beloved, why quakest thou? Thou hast no cause for fear. Bjorn stands out there with bared sword and warriors enough to guard us, should need be, against a world. I myself would brave a world for thee, to hold thee thus. 'T were joy to be borne away to Valhalla's heights, wert but thou my Valkyrie: to have thee bend over me as I lie on the bloody field, look in my face with thy dear eyes, then lift me on thy wind-winged steed; to soar with thee,--up, up, to Odin's heavenly halls,--what fate more blessed? What whisperest thou in such affright? Is it Balder's wrath thou dreadest? Why, he cannot be wroth with us. He too did love, the gentle God, was faithful unto death. Did he not love sweet Nanna, his wife, even as I love thee?"


-Frithjof, the viking of Norway: and Roland, the paladin of France by Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin; Chapter VII, pages 44-45

In Balder's Grove by E. Klein 1899.

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