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Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
PART FIRST - The Musician's Tale - The Saga of King Olaf - I - The Challenge of Thor
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The Challenge of Thor I am the God Thor, I am the War God, I am the Thunderer! Here in my Northland, My fastness and fortress, Reign I forever! Here amid icebergs Rule I the nations; This is my hammer, Miolner the mighty; Giants and sorcerers Cannot withstand it! These are the gauntlets Wherewith I wield it, And hurl it afar off; This is my girdle; Whenever I brace it, Strength is redoubled! The light thou beholdest Stream through the heavens, In flashes of crimson, Is but my red beard Blown by the night-wind, Affrighting the nations! Jove is my brother; Mine eyes are the lightning; The wheels of my chariot Roll in the thunder, The blows of my hammer Ring in the earthquake! Force rules the world still, Has ruled it, shall rule it; Meekness is weakness, Strength is triumphant, Over the whole earth Still is it Thor's-Day! Thou art a God too, O Galilean! And thus single-handed Unto the combat, Gauntlet or Gospel, Here I defy thee! Content of PART FIRST: The Saga of King Olaf#I - The Challenge of Thor [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem collection: Tales of a Wayside Inn] Read next: PART FIRST#The Musician's Tale - The Saga of King Olaf#II - King Olaf's Return Read previous: PART FIRST#Poem#Interlude [4] Table of content of Tales of a Wayside Inn GO TO TOP OF SCREEN Post your review Your review will be placed after the table of content of this book

Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

PART FIRST - The Musician's Tale - The Saga of King Olaf - I - The Challenge of Thor