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urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.1	head	The Descent of Odin. An Ode
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.2	sub	(From the Norse-Tongue,) in Bartholinus, de causis contemnendae mortis; Hafniae, 1689, Quarto.<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> Upreis Odinn allda gautr, &c.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.1	l	Uprose the King of Men with speed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.2	l	And saddled straight his coal-black steed;<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom">[<emph>steed</emph>] <emph>Sleipner</emph> was the Horse of Odin, wch had eight legs. [Note in <bibl>C(ommonplace) B(ook)</bibl>.] </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.3	l	Down the yawning steep he rode,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.4	l	That leads to Hela's<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom">[<emph>Hela</emph> the Latinized form of O[ld]N[orse] <emph>Hel</emph>]<lb /> <emph>Niflheimr</emph>, the hell of the Gothic nations, consisted of nine worlds, to which were devoted all such as died of sickness, old-age, or by any other means than in battle: Over it presided Hela, the Goddess of Death.<lb /> <emph>Hela</emph> is described with a dreadful countenance, & her body half flesh-colour & half blew. [Note in <bibl>C(ommonplace) B(ook)</bibl>.] </note> drear abode.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.5	l	Him the dog of darkness spied,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.6	l	His shaggy throat he opened wide,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.7	l	While from his jaws, with carnage filled,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.8	l	Foam and human gore distilled:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.9	l	Hoarse he bays with hideous din,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.10	l	Eyes that glow and fangs that grin;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.11	l	And long pursues with fruitless yell
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.12	l	The father of the powerful spell.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.13	l	Onward still his way he takes,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.14	l	(The groaning earth beneath him shakes,)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.15	l	Till full before his fearless eyes
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.3.16	l	The portals nine of hell arise.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.1	l	Right against the eastern gate,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.2	l	By the moss-grown pile he sate,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.3	l	Where long of yore to sleep was laid
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.4	l	The dust of the prophetic maid.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.5	l	Facing to the northern clime,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.6	l	Thrice he traced the runic rhyme;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.7	l	Thrice pronounced, in accents dread,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.8	l	The thrilling verse that wakes the dead;<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom">The original word is <emph>Vallgaldr</emph>; from <emph>Valr</emph> mortuus, & <emph>Galdr</emph> incantatio. [Note in <bibl>C(ommonplace) B(ook)</bibl>.] </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.9	l	Till from out the hollow ground
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.4.10	l	Slowly breathed a sullen sound.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.5	l	What call unknown, what charms, presume
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.6	l	To break the quiet of the tomb?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.7	l	Who thus afflicts my troubled sprite,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.8	l	And drags me from the realms of night?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.9	l	Long on these mouldering bones have beat
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.10	l	The winter's snow, the summer's heat,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.11	l	The drenching dews, and driving rain!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.12	l	Let me, let me sleep again.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.13	l	Who is he, with voice unblest,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.14	l	That calls me from the bed of rest?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.15	l	A Traveller, to thee unknown,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.16	l	Is he that calls, a Warrior's son.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.17	l	Thou the deeds of light shalt know;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.18	l	Tell me what is done below,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.19	l	For whom yon glittering board is spread,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.20	l	Dressed for whom yon golden bed.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.21	l	Mantling in the goblet see
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.22	l	The pure beverage of the bee,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.23	l	O'er it hangs the shield of gold;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.24	l	'Tis the drink of Balder bold:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.25	l	Balder's head to death is given.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.26	l	Pain can reach the sons of Heaven!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.27	l	Unwilling I my lips unclose:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.28	l	Leave me, leave me to repose.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.29	l	Once again my call obey.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.30	l	Prophetess, arise and say,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.31	l	What dangers Odin's child await,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.32	l	Who the author of his fate.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.33	l	In Hoder's hand the hero's doom:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.34	l	His brother sends him to the tomb.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.35	l	Now my weary lips I close:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.36	l	Leave me, leave me to repose.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.37	l	Prophetess, my spell obey,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.38	l	Once again arise and say,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.39	l	Who the avenger of his guilt,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.40	l	By whom shall Hoder's blood be spilt.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.41	l	In the caverns of the west,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.42	l	By Odin's fierce embrace compressed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.43	l	A wondrous boy shall Rinda bear,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.44	l	Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.45	l	Nor wash his visage in the stream,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.46	l	Nor see the sun's departing beam:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.47	l	Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.48	l	Flaming on the funeral pile.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.49	l	Now my weary lips I close:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.50	l	Leave me, leave me to repose.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.51	l	Yet a while my call obey.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.52	l	Prophetess, awake and say,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.53	l	What virgins these, in speechless woe,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.54	l	That bend to earth their solemn brow,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.55	l	That their flaxen tresses tear,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.56	l	And snowy veils, that float in air.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.57	l	Tell me whence their sorrows rose:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.58	l	Then I leave thee to repose.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.59	l	Ha! no Traveller art thou,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.60	l	King of Men, I know thee now,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.61	l	Mightiest of a mighty line---
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.62	l	No boding maid of skill divine
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.63	l	Art thou, nor prophetess of good;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.64	l	But mother of the giant-brood!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.65	l	Hie thee hence and boast at home,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.66	l	That never shall enquirer come
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.67	l	To break my iron-sleep again,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.68	l	Till Lok<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> <emph>Lok</emph> is the evil Being, who continues in chains till the <emph>Twilight of the Gods</emph> approaches, when he shall break his bonds; the human race, the stars, and sun, shall disappear; the earth sink in the seas, and fire consume the skies: even Odin himself and his kindred-deities shall perish. For a farther explanation of this mythology, see Mallet's Introduction to the History of Denmark, 1755, Quarto. [(A slightly more detailed draft of this note is in <bibl>C[ommonplace] B[ook]</bibl>).] </note> has burst his tenfold chain;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.69	l	Never, till substantial Night
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.70	l	Has reassumed her ancient right;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.71	l	Till wrapped in flames, in ruin hurled,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1.72	l	Sinks the fabric of the world.