Historic Poems and Ballads
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1912 Original Publisher: George W. Jacobs Subjects: English poetry American poetry United States English poetry (Collections) Historical poetry Historical poetry, English Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / American / General...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1912 Original Publisher: George W. Jacobs Subjects: English poetry American poetry United States English poetry (Collections) Historical poetry Historical poetry, English Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The Skeleton in Armor LONGFELLOW was always greatly interested in the legends and poetry of Northern Europe, and in this poem he tells the story of such a Viking as might well have crossed the sea with Leif, son of Eric. According to history Bjarni, the son of Herjulf, sailing west from Iceland in 986, bound for Greenland, met with dense fogs and had to steer by guesswork. After many days he came to land, but realizing it was not Greenland, he turned north and finally reached his goal. The tale of his voyage came in time to Leif, son of red Eric, and he set out in the year 1000, with thirty-five men, to find the strange land to the south. He reached the coast of Labrador, and named it " Helluland," or " slate-land." Farther south he came to densely wooded shores that he called " Markland," or " woodland," and afterwards to a country full of grapes which he christened " Vinland." Leif and his men spent the winter in Vinland, and in the spring carried news of their discovery back to their home. But later parties of Norsemen were attacked by the native Indians when they tried to explore the new country, and in 1012 the Vikings gave up their voyages thither. A skeleton clad in armor was discovered near FallRiver, Massachusetts, in 1835, and doubtless furnishe...
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