Death of Paris. the Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...was all, Windless the ripe fruit down did fall, The shadows of the large grey leaves Lay grey upon the oaten sheaves By the garth-wall as he passed by; The startled ousel-cock did cry As from the yew-tree by the gate He flew; the speckled hen did wait With outstretched neck his coming in, The March-hatched cockerel gaunt and thin Crowed shrilly, while his elder thrust His stifl" wing-feathers in the dust That grew aweary of the sun: The old and one-eyed cart-horse dun The middenstead went hobbling round Blowing the light straw from the ground. With curious eyes the drake peered in O er the barn s dusk, where dust and din Were ceasing now a little space.-There for a while with anxious face, Yet smiling therewithal, John stood, Then toward the porch of carven wood He turned, and hearkened to the hum Of mingled speech that thence did come Through the dumb clatter of the hall, Lest any word perchance might fall Upon his ears to tell of aught That change or death thereto had brought, And, listening so, deemed he could hear His father s voice, but nothing clear, And then a pause, and then again The mingled speech of maids and men. Again some word remembered From old days half aloud he said, And pulled his hood about his brow, And went with doubtful steps and slow Unto the door, and took the horn, Which his own hand did once adorn, And blew a loud, clear blast thereon, And pushed the door, then like a sun New come to a dull world he stood, Gleaming with gold from shoes to hood, In the dusk doorway of the place Whence toward him now turned every face. From neath his hood he gazed around, And soothly there few gaps he found; Amidmost of the upper board His brethren sat, Thorolf and Thord; He saw his sire, half...