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-s, weave the web of death.
ters, cease: The work is done.

the task, and hail the hands! ngs of joy and triumph sing! co the victorious bands; riumph to the younger King.

tal, thou that hear'st the tale,
earn the tenour of our song.
land, thro' each winding vale
ar and wide the notes prolong.

ers, hence with spurs of speed: Each her thundering faulchion wield; h bestride her sable steed.

Hurry, hurry to the field.

ay ne ta

o be found in Bartholinus, de causis contemnenda , 1689, Quarto.

Upreis Odinn allda gautr, &c.]

the King of Men with speed, strait his coal-black steed: wning steep he rode,

› HELA's drear abode (e). g of Darkness spied [1]; hroat he open'd wide,

his jaws, with carnage fill'd, uman gore distill'd:

-) That leads to Hela's drear abode.

hell of the Gothic nations, consisted of nine worlds, to ed all such as died of sickness, old age, or by any in battle. Over it presided Hela, the Goddess of

gives this dog the name of Managarmar; he fed upon hat were to die.

The groaning earth bene full before his fearles

portals nine of Hell

Right against the easte
the moss-grown pile
Where long of yore to s

The dust of the prophet
Facing to the northern
Trice he trac'd the Ru
Tarice pronounc'd, in a
The thrilling

verse that

Tfrom out the hollo

owly breath'd a sulle

Several Editions have it br eg, but of the ass, to bray. as a dog at a thief.

groaning earth beneath him shakes,) ull before his fearless eyes

portals nine of Hell arise.

ght against the eastern gate,
he moss-grown pile he sate;
ere long of yore to sleep was laid
dust of the prophetic Maid.
ng to the northern clime,

ice he trac'd the Runic rhyme;

ice pronounc'd, in accents dread, thrilling verse that wakes the Dead; from out the hollow ground

wly breath'd a sullen sound.

Several Editions have it brays. It is not, however, the nature of Log, but of the ass, to bray. To bay is, according to Johnson, to as a dog at a thief.

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erit hangs the shield o
Tis the drink of Balder b
Bider's head to death is

in can reach the Sons
Cawling I my lips unc
Lave me, leave me to r

ODIN.

ler, to thee unknown, alls, a Warrior's Son. eeds of light shalt know; at is done below [2],

find both from this Ode and the Edda, was solicitous his son Balder, who had dreamed that he was soon to mentions the manner of his death when killed by Odin's ; and also that Hoder was himself slain afterwards by din and Rinda, consonant with this prophecy.

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Women were looked upon
ar insight into futurity; and
gic arts and divination. Th
received in every house w
an bore the name of Volv
Partiorga, one of these prophe

Sogu, (apud Bartholin. li
e vest spangled all over wi
cap made of the skin of a
Se leaned on a staff adorned

pure bev'rage of the bee;
it hangs the shield of gold;
he drink of Balder bold:

r's head to death is giv'n.

can reach the Sons of Heav'n! illing I my lips unclose:

e me, leave me to repose.

ODIN.

nce again my call obey [3]. hetess, arise, and say,

Women were looked upon by the Gothic nations as having a peinsight into futurity; and some there were that made profession gic arts and divination. These travelled round the country, and received in every house with great respect and honour. Such a an bore the name of Volva Seidkona or Spakona. The dress of Diorga, one of these prophetesses, is described at large in Eirick's a Sogu, (apud Bartholin. lib. i. cap. iv. p. 688.) "She had on a e vest spangled all over with stones, a necklace of glass beads, and cap made of the skin of a black lamb lined with white cat-skin. e leaned on a staff adorned with brass, with a round head set with

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