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 that wakes the dead; Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breathed a sullen sound. Tales of Wonder - Page 102by Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1868 - 1108 pages
...slumbering prophet; but if we may indulge a conjecture, it was supposed to remain inert, as in the case * "Facing to the northern clime, Thrice he traced the...Thrice pronounced in accents dread, The thrilling voice that wakes the dead ; Till from out the hollow ground, Slowly breathed a sullen sound : [Prophetess.]... | |
| 1870 - 588 pages
...wishes to consult the spirit of the prophetic maid who had long ago been buried in that place. " Far ing to the northern clime Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme;...Thrice pronounced in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead." In a poem from the Ilervera Saga, published by Olaus Verelius, Hervor calls... | |
| 320 pages
...the moss-grown pile he sate; Where long of yore 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, The thrilling verse that wakes the Dead: Till from out the hollow ground... | |
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