The Hsaarik Elegy, Book Two

The Hsaarik Elegy

by Goderlog the Song-Maiden

Book Two

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The last death without violence belonged to AASVEIG

Age at last enacted its threat upon the veteran

She slipped gently away against the walls that still smouldered

Gazing upon a land she had never known

Her knowing was thought to be

DIS

The hands of those who loved her were many

And they piled stones to an awesome height

The earliest death on the frosted slopes about Saarthal was ORVAR

He had hastened ahead of Ysgramor's host

Hoping to find the snowy elves, and instead

He had found their cruel spears and ragged cries

His knowing was to be

ARG

Though his lustiness sputtered and cooled

Buried in the falling snows evermore

The next to die was UNNR

In her eagerness she nearly overtook Orvar

Rushing to her demise, though she was not swift enough

Her hearth-husband soon found another, but never forgot

Her knowing then was

GRA

And her long black braids never turned

Though countless seasons did around them

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The ninth death in true battle belonged to BJARNE

A sword-point pressed through his throat as he tried to stand

He had saved three Men on the crossing from Atmora

His body ravaged by the cold sea he had dragged them from

His knowing was thus

HEEDIG

And at last he could rest

Immersed forever in the cold

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