at suggested to him the
leading idea of his poem. Two antique horns of gold, discovered some
time before in the bogs of Slesvig, had been recently stolen from the
national collection at Rosenberg, and the thieves had melted down the
inestimable treasures. Oehlenschlager treats these horns as the
reward for genuine antiquarian enthusiasm, shown in a sincere and
tender passion for the ancient relics of Scandinavian history. From
a generation unworthy to appreciate them, the _Horns_ had been
withdrawn, to be mysteriously restored at the due romantic
hour."--[_From the Introduction by Edmund Gosse_.]

There is a copy of _The Gold Horns_ in the Library of the British Museum.
The Press-mark is C. 57. d. 19.

(60) [TORD OF HAFSBOROUGH: 1914]

Tord of Hafsborough / and Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: /
Printed for Private Circulation / 1914.

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 32; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with a note regarding the
American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3-4; and Text of
the _Ballads_ pp. 5-32. There are head-lines throughout, each page being
headed with the title of the particular _Ballad_ occupying it. At the
foot of p. 32 is the following imprint: "_London_: / _Printed for Thomas
J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_." The
signatures are A and B (two sheets, each eight leaves), the one inset
within the other.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.875
inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

_Contents_.

PAGE

TORD OF HAFSBOROUGH. [_It was Tord of Hafsborough_] 5

FROM THE ARABIC. [_O thou who fain would'st wisdom 10
gain_]

THORVALD. [_Swayne Tveskieg did a man possess_] 11

Previously printed in _The Foreign Quarterly Review_,
vol. vi, 1830, p. 74.

PETER COLBIORNSEN. ['_Fore Fredereksteen King Carl he 16
lay_]

Previously printed in _The Foreign Quarterly Review_,
vol. vi, 1830, pp. 84-85.

KRAGELILL. ['_Twas noised about_, '_twas noised about_] 21

ALLEGAST. [_The Count such a store of gold had got_] 25

EPIG