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Mortal, thou that hear'ft the tale,
Learn the tenor of our song.
Scotland, thro' each winding vale,
Far and wide the notes prolong.

Sifters! hence with fpurs of speed:
Each her thund'ring faulcheon wield
Each beftride her fable steed!
Hurry, hurry to the field.

G

THE

DESCENT OF ODIN.

AN OD E.

(From the NORSE-TONGUE,)

I N

BARTHOLINUS, de caufis contemnendæ mortis HAFNIE, 1689, Quarto.

Upreis Odinn Allda Gautr, &c,

G

THE

DESCENT OF ODIN.

AN OD E.

UP rofe the King of Men with speed,

And faddled ftrait his coal-black

fteed;

Down the yawning steep he rode,
That leads to * Hela's drear abode.

*Niflheimr, the hell of the Gothic nations, confifted of nine worlds, to which were devoted all fuch as died of fickness, old age, or by any other means than in battle. Over it prefided Hela, the Goddess of death.

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