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84 sage servants of God; that was much grief to him who in his breast bore a burning love of the Creator, in his mind. Then was the Source of wonders too oft contemned; the Victor-lord, heaven's Ruler. Then men his law broke through and then was eke driven out, beloved hero, Oslac from this land, o'er rolling waters, o'er the ganet's-bath; hoary-haired hero, wise and word-skilled, o'er the water's throng, o'er the whale's domain. of home bereaved. And then was seen, high in the heavens, a star in the firmament, which lofty-souled men, sage minded, call widely, cometa by name ; men skilled in arts, wise truth-bearers. Throughout mankind was the Lord's vengeance widely known, famine o'er earth. That again heaven's Guardian, bettered. Lord of angels, gave again bliss to each isle-dweller, through earth's fruits.