 | William Herbert - 1804 - 772 pàgines
...o'er his fall. 29. Cease, my strain ! I hear a voice From realms, where martial souls rejoice. 185 I hear the Maids* of slaughter call, Who bid me hence to Odin's hall. i See P»rt 1st, p. 89 and 119. High-seated* in their blest abodes I soon shall quaff the drink of... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pàgines
...brave man wails not o'er his fall. ' Cease, my strain ! I hear a voice From realms, where martial souls rejoice. I hear the Maids of slaughter call, Who bid...the drink of Gods. The hours of life have glided by ; 1 fall; but smiling shall I die/ In the first of these stanzas, * I deem'd not I,' Is much too rhetorical... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1831 - 526 pàgines
...as follows:— ' Cease my strain ! I hear Them call Who bid me hence to Odin's hall! f High seated in their blest abodes I soon shall quaff the drink...Gods. The hours of Life have glided by— I fall! but laughing will I die! The hours of Life have glided by— I fall! but laughing will I die ! !' * The... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - 1831 - 666 pàgines
...man wails not o'er his fall. xxtx. " Cease my strain ! I hear a voice From realms where martial souls rejoice. I hear the maids of slaughter call, Who bid me hence to Odin's hall. High seated in their blest abodes, I soon shall quaff the drink of gods. The hours of life have glided... | |
 | Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 pàgines
...laugh of defiance." " Cease my strain ! I hear them call Who bid me hence to Odin's hall ! High seated in their blest abodes I soon shall quaff the drink...The hours of life have glided by — I fall ! but laughing will I die ! The hours of life have glided by — I fall ! but laughing will I die ! " p.... | |
 | 1832 - 614 pàgines
...by Mr. Wheaton : ' Cease my strain ! I hear Them call Who bid me hence to Odin's hall ! High seated in their blest abodes, I soon shall quaff the drink...The hours of Life have glided by, — I fall ! but laughing will I die ! The hours of Life have glided by, — I fall ! but laughing will I die ! ! '... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1838 - 416 pàgines
...Rafn at Copenhagen in 182b'. The last strophe may be thus rendered : Cease my strain ! I hear them call Who bid me hence to Odin's hall ; High-seated...drink of gods ; The hours of life have glided by, 1 fall ! but laughing will 1 die, &c. was plundered in 793 by a band of pagan rovers from Denmark and... | |
 | Esaias Tegnér - 1839 - 510 pàgines
...composed this Canto: — ST. 29. "Cease my strain'. I hear a voice From realms where martial souls rejoice. I hear the Maids of slaughter call, Who bid...have glided by ; I fall, but smiling shall I die." + CANTO XXI. Sianta 1. $c. See Remarks on the alliterative Poetry of the old English Lards , in WarloHi... | |
 | Esaias Tegnér - 1839 - 520 pàgines
...martial sonls rejoice. I hear Ihe Maids of slaughter call, Who bid me hence to Odin's Hall. High-sealed in their blest abodes , I soon shall quaff the drink...have glided by; I fall, but smiling shall I die." f CANTO XXI. Siena Í. cfc. See Remarks on the alliterative Poetry of the old English Bards , in Warte*!... | |
 | Andrew Crichton, Henry Wheaton - 1841 - 394 pàgines
...subCease my strain ! I hear them call Who bid me hence to Odin's hall ; High-seated in their bless'd abodes, I soon shall quaff the drink of gods ; The hours of life have glided by, 1 fall ! but laughing will 1 die, &c. * Simeon Dunelm. ap. Twysden, p. 12-1 11. Roger de Hoveden, Annals,... | |
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Cease, my strain ! I hear a voice From realms where martial souls rejoice : I hear the maids of slaughter call, Who bid me hence to Odin's hall : High-seated in their blest abodes I soon shall quaff the drink of gods. The hours of life have glided by... 
