1835

_For victory as we bounded_,
_I heard_, _with fear astounded_,
_The storm_, _of Thorgerd's waking_,
_From Northern vapours breaking_.
_Sent by the fiend in anger_,
_With din and stunning clangour_,
_To crush our might intended_,
_Gigantic hail descended_.

1854

_As in Horunga haven_
_We fed the crow and raven_,
_I heard the tempest breaking_,
_Of demon Thorgerd's waking_;
_Sent by the fiend in anger_,
_With din and stunning clangor_,
_To crush our might intended_,
_Gigantic hail descended_.

Another translation of the same Ballad, extending to 84
lines, was printed in _Once a Week_, 1863, vol. viii, p.
686, under the title _The Hail-Storm_; _Or_, _The Death
of Bui_.

ROSMER MEREMAN. [_In Denmark once a lady dwelt_] 16

This ballad should be read in conjunction with _Rosmer_,
printed in _The Mermaid's Prophecy_, _and other Songs
relating to Queen Dagmar_, 1913, pp. 25-30.

THE WICKED STEPMOTHER. NO. II. [_Sir Peter o'er to the 23
island strayed_--]

This ballad should be compared with _The Wicked
Stepmother_, printed in _The Dalby Bear and Other
Ballads_, 1913, pp. 14-20.

_Note_.--Each poem to which no reference is attached, appeared for the
first time in this volume.

There is a copy of _Young Swaigder or The Force of Runes and Other
Ballads_ in the Library of the British Museum The Press-mark is C. 44. d.
38.

(53) [EMELIAN THE FOOL: 1913]

Emelian the Fool / A Tale / Translated from the Russian / By / George
Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:--Crown octavo, pp. 37; consisting of: Half-title (with blank
reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. 3-4;
_Introduction_ pp. 5-7; and Text of the _Tale_ pp. 8-37. The reverse of
p. 37 is blank. The head-line is _Emelian the Fool_ throughout, upon
both sides of the page. The pamphlet is concluded by a leaf, with blank
reverse, carrying the following imprint upon its recto: "_London_: /
_Printed for Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to
Thirty Copies_." The signatures are A (a half-sheet of 4 leaves), plus B
and C (2 sheets, each 8 leaves), inset within each other.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 7.5 x 5 inche