urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:	edition	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.TheDescentofOdinAnOde.English.1716_dooo:1	eceptext	
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.