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Beauclerk, Helen De Vere

 
9781331023173: The Tale of Igor: Adapted from the Old Russian Legend (Classic Reprint)

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I gor, son of Svyatoslav. In the ancient way shall it be told, not after the fashion of the immortal Boyan but in manner seemly, following the legends of the time. For when Boyan made a song for men to hear, his thoughts leaped swiftly like a squirrel in the tree-tops, or ran like a grey wolf over the plain or like an eagle, soared beneath the clouds. He sent forth falcons to pursue a flock of swans and the first swan that was captured sang its song, a song to Yaroslav the Old, or to Mstislav the Brave who put Rededia to the sword before the tents of Kassog; a song again to Roman, the beauteous son of Svyatoslav. But Boyan, brethren, did not in truth send forth falcons to pursue a flock of swans but with magic fingers he would touch the chords which of themselves would chant the princes praise in sonorous music. IF Boyan, the nightingale of bygone years, had sung of these wars, his spirit would indeed have leaped in the tree of dreams, flown in the dream clouds or followed through fields and hills, the visioned path ofT
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