43. HARALD'S PRIDE.
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King Harald was very proud, and his pride increased after he was established in the country; and it came so far that at last it was not good to speak against him, or to propose anything different from what he desired. So says Thiodolf, the skald:—
"In arms 'tis right the common man Should follow orders, one by one,— Should stoop or rise, or run or stand, As his war-leader may command; But now to the king who feeds the ravens The people bend like heartless cravens— Nothing is left them, but consent To what the king calls his intent."