To flourish for ever.

· · · ·

In Gimlé the lofty

There shall the hosts

Of the virtuous dwell,

And through all ages

Taste of deep gladness.”

FROM THE “SÓLAR LJÓD”

The “Sólar Ljód”—“Sol” or “Sun-song”—was composed by Sæmund himself, the collector of the Edda, and a Christian priest, ages before the time of Dante.

“By the Nornors’ seat