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Tord of Hafsborough, and Other Ballads

by George Borrow

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A lost golden hammer sends Lokke Leyemand flying across the sea in a feather robe, carrying a request to a hostile count. This opening sets the tone for George Borrow's collection of ballads, where strange bargains, royal households and sudden reversals unfold in brisk rhyming stanzas. The title poem mixes a dangerous demand for a bride with the comedy of an astonishing appetite at the wedding feast.

Other verses shift toward loyalty, courage and the search for a missing princess. Thorvald earns respect through his generosity to prisoners, while Peter Colbiornsen leads citizens defending their town. Repeated refrains give these accounts a strong spoken rhythm. A brief poem on the effort required to gain wisdom offers a quieter pause.

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George Borrow was an English writer, translator, linguist, and traveler whose books draw on encounters across Britain and continental Europe. John Murray issued Lavengro in 1851; it blends autobiography and fiction as its wandering narrator moves through barrack towns, London literary work, and meetings with Romani communities.

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21
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