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I am naturally a Nordic

A chalk-white, bulky Teuton of the Scandinavian forests

A Viking berserk killer

A predatory rover of Hengist and Horsa

A conqueror of Celts and mongrels and founders of empires

A son of the thunders and the arctic winds,

and brothers to the frosts and the auroras

A drinker of the foemen's blood from new picked skills

A friend of the mountain buzzards and feeder of seacoast vultures

A blond beast of eternal snows and frozen oceans

A prayer to Odin and Thor and Woden and Alfadur, the raucous shouter of Nifelheim

A comrade of the wolves...

and rider of nightmares.