Excerpt from The Caged Eagle, and Other Poems With eyes that glare on thingness, And straining arms upcast. There is hot tumult in the place, With clash of steel and word, Until in thunder over all The king's deep voice is heard. Assoil thee, skald! And give good cause For this that thou hast done, Or ravens for thy Sightless eyes Shall fight ere set Of sun! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.