GREETINGS, TOAD-SPAWNED LEGIONS! TODAY HORTHBAR WOULDST LIKE TO SHARE ANOTHER FINE VIKING ROMANCE POEM FROM THE GRAND DAYS OF YORE. THIS WORK OF WHICH I SPEAK IS A COMPOSITION BY ONE OF OUR GREATEST WARRIOR POETS! BEHOLD!
MY DARLING, WE BOTH ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH PASSIONATE ATTRACTION
THOU ART AWARE OF THE LAWS OF COURTSHIP, AND YEA, I MYSELF AM AWARE AS WELL
THOU ART SEEKING A MOST HONORABLE PACT
THOU WILST NOT FIND SUCH A PACT WITH ANY WARRIOR BUT MYSELF!
I WISH TO MAKE MINE ROMANTIC MUSINGS CLEAR
I WISH THAT THEE WOULDST TRULY COMPREHEND THIS STATEMENT:
NOT BY ANY MEANS SHALL I SURRENDER THEE
NOT BY ANY MEANS SHALL I DISAPPOINT THEE
NOT BY ANY MEANS SHALL I DESIRE OTHER MAIDENS
NOR SHALL I CAUSE THEE HARM
NOT BY ANY MEANS SHALL I CAUSE TEARS TO COME TO THINE EYES
NOT BY ANY MEANS SHALL I BID THEE FAREWELL
NOT BY ANY MEANS SHALL I SPEAK FALSEHOODS UNTO THEE
NOR SHALL I ABANDON THEE
- attributed to Hrikkurd of Ástleid
