 Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown pile he sate ; Where long of yore to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid. Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced, in accents dread, The thrilling verse...  Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809 - Page lxxiby Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1813 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1883 - 596 pages
...groaning earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced, in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead :i Till from out... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 468 pages
...battle. Over it presided HELA, the Goddess of Death. — [Gray. ] 2 Shakes] Quakes.— Wharton MS. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounc'd, in accents1 dread, The thrilling verse 2 that wakes the Dead : Till from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 452 pages
...in battle. Over it presided HELA, the Goddess of Death. — [Gray.] 2 Shakes] Quakes.— Wharton MS. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounc'd, in accents1 dread, The thrilling verse 2 that wakes the Dead : Till from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 450 pages
...or by any other means than in battle. Over it presided HELA, the Goddess of Death. — [Gray.] Eight against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown pile he...to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounc'd, in accents1 dread, The thrilling verse 2 that wakes the Dead : Till from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English literature - 1885 - 356 pages
...groaning earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes i» The portals nine of hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid. to Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he trac'd the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounc'd, in accents dread,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Book jackets - 1885 - 164 pages
...groaning earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes 15 The portals nine of hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic Maid. 20 Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounc'd, in accents dread,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1886 - 176 pages
...groaning earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to the northern clime. Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced, in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead : Till from out... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Bradshaw - 1891 - 404 pages
...earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine, of hell arise. ' ^ Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic Maid. 20 Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced, in accents dread,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1891 - 200 pages
...groaning earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic Maid. 20 Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme : Thrice pronounced, in accents dread,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1891 - 192 pages
...earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise. Eight against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown pile he...to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic Maid. 20 Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the runic rhyme : 1. Niflheimr, the hell of the Gothic... | |
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