 | Paul Henri Mallet - 1770 - 420 pages
...Ibid. p. 347. « I «' I know a Song, of fuch virtue, that " were I caught in a florm, I can hum «{ the winds, and render the air perfectly « calm." One may remark upon this laft prerogative of the verfes known to Odin, that among all the ' Gothic and' Celtic nations, the... | |
 | Paul Henri Mallet - 1770 - 412 pages
...Ibid. p. 347. (t | " I know a Song, of fucli virtue, that «' were I caught In a ftorm, I can hum " the winds, and render the air perfectly " calm." One may remark upon this laA prerogative of the verfes known to Odin, that, among all the * Gothic and' Celtic nations, the... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pages
...the author very properly quotes some nearly cotemporary Runic poetry, (page 92) which run« thus: " I know a song of such virtue, that were I caught in...hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm." But not content with the quotation, our author gravely adds to this very passage the following remark,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1807 - 788 pages
...liberty. 1 know * Song, useful to all mankind, for as soon as hatred inflames tie sou of men, the moment I sing it they are appeased. I know a Song of such virtue, that were I caught in a storm, I can liiut uw •winds, and render the air perfectly calm. THE SOJVG OP A RUWIC BARD. IK IW6LTSH I. I KNOW... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1804 - 308 pages
..." I know a song by which I enchant the arms of my enemies, and render their weapons of none effect. I know a song of such virtue, that were I caught in a storm, I could hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm. When I see (he says) magicians travelling... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...liberty. I know a Song, useful to all mankind, for as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, the moment I sing it they are appeased. I know a Song of such virtue, that were I caught in a etorm, I can hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm. THE SOWG OF Л RUWIC BARD. IMITATED... | |
 | James Mill - 1817 - 700 pages
...liberty. I know a song useful to all mankind ; fop as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, the moment I sing it, they are appeased. I know a song of such...the winds, and render the air perfectly calm.'— Those ancient bards, who had acquired so great an ascendant over the minds of their ferocious countrymen,... | |
 | Samuel Hibbert - 1822 - 670 pages
...sorcery, like the ancient magicians of Scandinavia, to use incantations. " I know a song," said ODIN, " of such virtue, that were I caught in a storm I can...hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm." But the warlocks and witches of Thule used, by the same means, to raise tempests, the lay being accompanied... | |
 | Sarah Wentworth Morton - 1823 - 328 pages
...KNOW A SONG — useful to all mankind ; for as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, the moment I sing it, they are appeased." " I KNOW A SONG —...hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm," IMITATION, TO ENGLISH VERSE, OF THE SONG OF THE RUNIC BAUD. " I KNOW A SONG" — the magic of whose... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 pages
...This custom seems lo be derived from high antiquity. It is thus alluded to in the Address of Odin: " I know a song of such virtue, that, were I caught...hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm. And if I see a man dead, and hanging on a tree, I engrave Runic characters so wonderful, that the man... | |
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I know a Song, useful to all mankind, for as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, the moment I sing it they are appeased. I know a Song of such virtue, that were I caught in a storm, I can hush the winds and render the air perfectly calm. 
