... since forgotten; but, above the portal, An old and monstrous idol of the god Stood, frail-supported, trembling to its fall; This temple none dar'd enter, scarce approach; For down from sire to son an eld tradition Went dimly warning, that whoever... Frithiof's Saga: A Legend of the North - Seite 222von Esaias Tegnér - 1839 - 351 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Rasmus Bjørn Anderson - 1876 - 408 Seiten
...tradition Went dimly warning, that whoever first The temple visited should Jumala view! This Helge heard, and in his blind fierce rage The pathless wilds...on razing The temple's heathen walls. But when he'd march' d Up where the ruin threaten'd, lo! all fast The massy moss-grown door was clos'd; and, cover'd... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 630 Seiten
...tradition Went dimly warning, that whoever first The temple visited should Jumala view! This Helge heard, and in his blind fierce rage, The pathless...on razing The temple's heathen walls. But when he'd marched Up where the ruin threatened, lo! all fast The massy moss-grown door was closed ; and, covered... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, George Henry Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 684 Seiten
...tradition Went dimly warning, that whoever first The temple visited should Jumala view! This Helge heard, and in his blind fierce rage, The pathless...on razing The temple's heathen walls. But when he'd marched Up where the ruin threatened, lo! all fast • The massy moss-grown door was closed ; and,... | |
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