"The marshal Bjorn, too, I find,
A great example leaves behind,
How steady courage should stand proof,
Though other servants stand aloof.
To Russia first his steps he bent,
To serve his master still intent;
And now besides his king he fell,--
A noble death for skalds to tell."
ENDNOTES: (1) Thorer's name was Hund--the dog; and a play upon Thorer
Hund's name was intended by the skald.--L.
(2) Bjorn, the marshal's name, signifies a bear.--L.