large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_03_field_64kb_7
large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_03_field_64kb
English
10939
'" "If this be so, you must need go," said Jans. "But are you well victualled? Come to my cabin, and let me give you venison and bear's meat." IF THIS BE SO YOU MUST NEED GO SAINT JOHNS BUT ARE YOU WELL VICTUALLED COME TO MY CABIN AND LET ME GIVE YOU VENISON AND BEAR'S MEAT
h all and me! THE SYMBOL AND THE SAINT Once upon a time a young man made ready for a voyage. His name was Norss; broad were his shoulders, his cheeks were ruddy, his hair was fair and long, his body betokened strength, and good-nature shone from his blue eyes and lurked about the corners of his mouth. "Where are you going?" asked his neighbor Jans, the forge-master. "I am going sailing for a wife," said Norss. "For a wife, indeed!" cried Jans. "And why go you to seek her in foreign lands? Are not our maidens good enough and fair enough, that you must need search for a wife elsewhere? For shame, Norss! for shame!" But Norss said: "A spirit came to me in my dreams last night and said, 'Launch the boat and set sail to-morrow. Have no fear; for I will guide you to the bride that awaits you.' Then, standing there, all white and beautiful, the spirit held forth a symbol--such as I had never before seen--in the figure of a cross, and the spirit said: 'By this symbol shall she be known to you. XDOTT ORK CHRISTMAS TALES AND CHRISTMAS FIRST BY EUGENE FIELD THE SYMBOL AND THE SAINT ONCE UPON A TIME A YOUNG MAN MADE READY FOR A FOLIAGE HIS NAME WAS NORSE BROAD WERE HIS SHOULDERS HIS CHEEKS WERE RUDDY HIS HAIR WAS FAIR AND LONG HIS BODY BITUK AND STRANGE AND GOOD NATURE SHONE FROM HIS BLUE EYES AND LURKED ABOUT THE CORNER OF HIS MOUTH WHERE ARE YOU GOING ASKS HIS NEIGHBOR JOHNS THE FORGE MASTER I AM GOING SAILING FOR A WIFE SAINT NORSE FOR A WIFE INDEED CRIED JOHNS AND WHY GO YOU TO SEEK HER IN FOREIGN LANDS ARE NOT OUR MAIDENS GOOD ENOUGH AND FAIR ENOUGH THAT YOU MUST NEED SEARCH FOR A WIFE ELSEWHERE FOR SHAME NORSE FOR SHAME BUT NOR SAY A SPIRIT CAME TO ME IN MY DREAMS LAST NIGHT AND SAID LAUNCH THE BOAT AND SET SAIL TO MORROW HAVE NO FEAR FOR I WILL GUIDE YOU TO THE BRIDE THAT AWAITS YOU THEN STANDING THERE ALL WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL THE SPIRIT HELD FORTH A SYMBOL SUCH AS I HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN THE FIGURE OF A CROSS AND THE SPIRIT SAITH BY THE SYMBOL SHALL SHE BE KNOWN TO YOU
large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_03_field_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_03_field_64kb.flac