The Story of Grettir the Strong by William Morris
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The Story of Grettir the Strong
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Title: The Story of Grettir The Strong
Author: Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris
Release Date: June 26, 2004 [EBook #12747]
Language: English
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THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG
TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC
BY EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON AND WILLIAM MORRIS
1900
A life scarce worth the living, a poor fame Scarce worth the winning, in a wretched land, Where fear and pain go upon either hand, As toward the end men fare without an aim Unto the dull grey dark from whence they came: Let them alone, the unshadowed sheer rocks stand Over the twilight graves of that poor band, Who count so little in the great world's game!
Nay, with the dead I deal not; this man lives, And that which carried him through good and ill, Stern against fate while his voice echoed still From rock to rock, now he lies silent, strives With wasting time, and through its long lapse gives Another friend to me, life's void to fill.
WILLIAM MORRIS.
PREFACE.
We do not feel able to take in hand the wide