Imayalsoadd，thatitappearsbysomepapersinmypossession，thattheofficersorCountryKeepersontheborder，wereaccustomedtotormenttheirprisonersbybindingthemtotheironbarsoftheirchimneys，toextortconfession。
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NoteF——Ulrica’sDeathsong。
Itwillreadilyoccurtotheantiquary，thattheseversesareintendedtoimitatetheantiquepoetryoftheScalds——theminstrelsoftheoldScandinavians——therace，astheLaureatesohappilytermsthem，``Sterntoinflict，andstubborntoendure，Whosmiledindeath。’’
ThepoetryoftheAnglo-Saxons，aftertheircivilisationandconversion，wasofadifferentandsoftercharacter；butinthecircumstancesofUlrica，shemaybenotunnaturallysupposedtoreturntothewildstrainswhichanimatedherforefathersduringthetimeofPaganismanduntamedferocity。