Icelandic Poetry/Song of the Ravens

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SONG

OF THE

RAVENS.


I.Odin’s strength[1] may never fail;Asori still in wit prevail;Vani sons be counted wise;Fates may weave the Destinies;Dryas[2] calamities increase;Woes of mortals never cease;Peace by Thursi[3] be withstood;Nymphs imbrue their hands in blood.
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XXIV.With gems adorn'd, Dellinger's son[4]Drove down the horses of the sun:Far off their manes in streaky beam,Shone o'er the plains of Mannaheim.Now, thro' the western portals far,Shot rapid the resplendent car.
XXV.Nymphs that mountain summits love,And they who Thurssian forests rove,Soft Genii of the deep and air,And wandering Nani, now repairTo where the Ash extends its shade,For sleep and cool refreshment made.
XXVI.The Dynasts wake from soft repose:The sun in blushing splendor rose. ​Night, with all her shadowy train,Sunk below the western main.Ulfurna's son[5] with joy awakes,And swift his chearful clarion takes;From dome to dome its call rebounds,And each celestial rock resounds.


  1. ↑ “Odin's strength,”—Perhaps the meaning of this verse is, that the powers and virtues which are attributed to Odin and the rest, availed nothing in the calamity which then threatened the Asi state.
  2. ↑ Dryas, a fabulous gigantic woman, by whom the Heavens are supposed to be prefigured.
  3. ↑ Thursi, the Geloni.
  4. ↑ Dellinger’s Son, Dager.
  5. ↑ Ulfurna's Son, Heimdaller.

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