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Desire in my heart ever urges my spirit to wander,

To seek out the home of the stranger in lands afar off.

There is no one that dwells on earth so exalted in mind,

So large in his bounty, nor yet of such vigorous youth,

Nor so daring in deeds, nor to whom his liege lord is so kind,

But that he has always a longing, a sea-faring passion

For what the Lord God shall bestow, be it honour or death.

No heart for the harp has he, nor for acceptance of treasure,

No pleasure has he in a wife, no delight in the world,

Nor in aught save the roll of the billows; but always a longing,

A yearning uneasiness hastens him on to the sea.

Anonymous. Translated from the Anglo-Saxon.