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Valhalla’s Call
Unlooked test
Once hunted hard
In youthful pride
Death beckons
Hel calls
Raven’s hunger
Not mine the life
That will be spilled
Nor kinswoman
Family mine
I must support
I must not risk;
Thunder sounding
Warrior’s call
Burning blood
Heavy heart
One last time
To battle go
Not before me
Woman or child
Shall raven’s feast
Not while living
Will my eyes
Hold such a sight
Warrior first
A name I leave
Still unstained
Death embraced
Woden’s gift
One final dance
No thought of living
No thought of loss
One last victory
Valhalla’s hall
Peace of the mound
I care not which
The gift of life
For woman and child
My blood to buy
Brightest name
And empty bed
My wife I leave
Honour won
On bloodied field
Scant comfort children
Foemen felled
Ere breath my last
In laughing victory
Old man’s folly
Proud man’s wyrd
Honour’s price
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John T Mainer
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