 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
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 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... | |
 | Anne Joseph Eusèbe Baconnière-Salverte - 1846 - 412 pages
...who, in life, had been one of these prophetesses. 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. His object was to know the fate of his son, Balder, who was sick, and for whose life he was alarmed.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1847 - 276 pages
...full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise. Right agaiust th(: eastern gate, T3v the moss-grown pile he sate: Where long of yore to...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... | |
 | Eusèbe Salverte - Magic - 1847 - 352 pages
...life, had been one of these prophetesses. " Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown pile lie sate ; Where long of yore to sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid." His object was to know the fate of his son Balder, who was sick, and for whose life he was alarmed.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...groaning earth beneath him shakes,) Till full before his fearless eyes is 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,... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1852 - 332 pages
...(The groaning earth beneath him 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 j Till from out... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...eyes, The portals nine of Hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown pile he sat ; Where long of yore to sleep was laid The dust of the...Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the Runic1 rhyme ; Thrice pronounced, in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead ; Till... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...the Gothic nations, consisted Till full before his fearless eyes u 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 trac'd the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounc'd, in accents dread,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1853 - 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. THE DESCENT OF ODIN. 139 Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the Kunic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 362 pages
...the Gothic nations, consisted Till full before his fearless eyes « The portals nine of hell arise. Right against the eastern gate, By the moss-grown...pile he sate ; Where long of yore to sleep was laid f The dust of the prophetic maid. an Facing to the northern elime, Thrice he trac'd the Runic rhyme... | |
| |
