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 "title": "Chant of the Northmen at the Thunder-Oak",
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 "poet": "Henry van Dyke Jr.",
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  "venue": "The First Christmas Tree (New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons), printed untitled within the narrative",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "O Thor, the Thunderer,",
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   {
    "text": "Mighty and merciless,",
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   {
    "text": "Spare us from smiting!",
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   {
    "text": "Heave not thy hammer,",
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   {
    "text": "Angry, against us;",
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   {
    "text": "Plague not thy people.",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Take from our treasure",
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    "text": "Richest of ransom.",
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    "text": "Silver we send thee,",
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   {
    "text": "Jewels and javelins,",
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   {
    "text": "Goodliest garments,",
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    "text": "All our possessions,",
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    "text": "Priceless, we proffer.",
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    "text": "Sheep will we slaughter,",
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   {
    "text": "Steeds will we sacrifice;",
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   {
    "text": "Bright blood shall bathe thee,",
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   {
    "text": "O tree of Thunder,",
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   {
    "text": "Life-floods shall lave thee,",
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   {
    "text": "Strong wood of wonder.",
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   {
    "text": "Mighty, have mercy,",
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   {
    "text": "Smite us no more,",
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   {
    "text": "Spare us and save us,",
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   {
    "text": "Spare us, Thor! Thor!",
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