_Pr._—In Hoder’s hand the Hero’s doom: His brother sends him to the tomb. Now my weary lips I close: Leave me, leave me to repose. _O._—Prophetess, my spell obey! Once again arise, and say, Who th’ Avenger of his guilt, By whom shall Hoder’s blood be spilt? _Pr._—In the caverns of the west, By Odin’s fierce embrace comprest, A wond’rous Boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne’er shall comb his raven hair, Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun’s departing beam; Till he on Hoder’s corpse shall smile, Flaming on the fun’ral pile. Now my weary lips I close: Leave me, leave me to repose. _O._—Yet awhile my call obey! Prophetess, awake, and say, What Virgins these, in speechless woe, That bend to earth their solemn brow, That their flaxen tresses tear, And snowy veils, that float in air. Tell me whence their sorrows rose: Then I leave thee to repose. _Pr._—Ha! no Traveller art thou, King of Men, I know thee now, Mightiest of a mighty line—— _O._—No boding Maid of skill divine Art thou, nor Prophetess of good; But mother of the giant brood! _Pr._—Hie thee hence, and boast at home, That never shall Enquirer come To break my iron-sleep again; Till Lok has burst his tenfold chain. Never, till substantial Night Has reassum’d her ancient right; Till wrapp’d in flames, in ruin hurl’d, Sinks the fabric of the world. Footnote 51: Vegtaams Quida (apud Edda Saemundar hinns Froda, tom. i. p. 234, &c. edit. Hafniæ, 1787). Footnote 52: See before, page 29. Footnote 53: Saxonis Grammatici Hist. Dan. lib. iii. p. 44–46. Footnote 54: Ynglinga Saga, cap. 10. (apud Snorronem, Heimskringla, tom. i. p. 14.) Footnote 55: Quod, inquit, mulierum turpissima, gravissime criminis dissimulationem falso lamenti genere expetis, quæ scorti more lasciviens nefariam ac dedestabilem tori conditionem secuta, viri tui interfectorem pleno incesti sinu amplecteris, et ei qui prolistuæ parentem extinxerat, obscenissimis blandamentorem illecebris adularis? Footnote 56: Saxonis Grammatici Hist. Dan. lib. iii. p. 46–52. Footnote 57: Saxonis Grammatici Hist. Dan. lib. iii. p. 52, et lib. iv. p. 54, &c. Footnote 58: Idem, p. 56–59. Footnote 59: The list is worth transcribing. B.C. 1. Dan 1038 2. Humble 998