Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote

Thus, seamed with many scars
Bursting these prison bars,
Up to its native stars
My soul ascended!
There from the flowing bowl
Deep drinks the warrior's soul,
Skoal! to the Northland! skoal!
—Thus the tale ended.

The Skeleton in Armor, st. 20 (1841).

Poems That Every Child Should Know/The Skeleton in Armour