NOTE TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH CANTO.
This Canto in the original is written in the octosyllabic couplet. I have adopted the same metre for the translation.
Specimen of the metre.
Nu blev der Fryd i Valhals Gaard
I fine Vadmel, blöde Maar,
Den skiönne Bi̱ergets Pige foer
Fra Fieldet og fra grönnen Jord.
Ad Bifrost drog den unge Brud,
I Luften liig, et Sti̱erneskud.
[91] Gefion’s strand is the island of Sealand.