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Tegner's Death.
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All things in earth and airBound were by magic spellNever to do him harm;Even the plants and stones;All save the mistletoe,The sacred mistletoe!
Hœder, the blind old God,Whose feet are shod with silence,Pierced through that gentle breastWith his sharp spear, by fraudMade of the mistletoe,The accursed mistletoe!
They laid him in his ship,With horse and harness,As on a funeral pyre.Odin placedA ring upon his finger,And whispered in his ear.
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