The Sea-King A metrical romance, in six cantos. With notes, historical and illustrative. By J. Stanyan Bigg |
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The ash Ygdrasil trembles, and the GodsMake ready for the contest; the alarms
Have reached the holiest abodes,
And Odin buckles on his arms:
Thor grasps his mace, and now on either hand
The holy deities determined stand.
Strong whirlwinds sweep the earth, and from their base
Huge mountains are uptorn; the quaking world
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While lowering heaven like a scroll unfurled
Black with dark destiny, in ruin hurled,
Strange signs, and wondrous sights reveals.
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