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There in Pleasure's lap he lies
'Till Surtur's flames consume the world.
'Till Surtur's flames consume the world.
SEMI-CHORUS.
From the four regions of the sky[1]
The white fnow falls,
And Winter binds in thick ribb'd ice
The floating world—
Who rears the bloody hand?
A brother in his brother's heart
Has plung'd the spear;
Who rears the bloody hand?
A father in his daughter's heart
Has plung'd the spear.
The white fnow falls,
And Winter binds in thick ribb'd ice
The floating world—
Who rears the bloody hand?
A brother in his brother's heart
Has plung'd the spear;
Who rears the bloody hand?
A father in his daughter's heart
Has plung'd the spear.
- ↑ From the four regions of the sky.] The Chorus here begins to describe the Ragnarockur, or Twilight of the Gods, and continues the description to the end of the Ode. Many of the circumstances introduced are to be found in Mallet, Vol. II.
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