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Canto I.
HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS.
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When this wolf,"—and the carcase he flung on the plain,—
"Shall awake and give food to her nurselings again,
The face of his father will Harold review;
Till then, aged Heathen, young Christian, adieu!"

XII.
Priest, monk, and prelate stood aghast,
As through the pageant the heathen pass'd.
A cross-bearer out of his saddle he flung,
Laid his hand on the pommel and into it sprung;
Loud was the shriek, and deep the groan,
When the holy sign on the earth was thrown.

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