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   Swayne Tveskieg did a man possess,

      Sir Thorvald hight;

   Though fierce in war, kind acts in peace

      Were his delight.

   From port to port his vessels fast

      Sailed wide around,

   And made, where’er they anchor cast,

      His name renown’d.

But Thorvald has freed his King.

   Prisoners he bought – clothes, liberty,

      On them bestowed,

   And sent men home from slavery

      To their abode.

   And many an old man got his boy,

      His age’s stay;

   And many a maid her youth’s sole joy,