Pass from the spear-storm to The Golden Hall!

Walhalla.

[2.—Page 243, stanza xlix.]

Were cross'd by Skulda, in the baleful skein.

Skulda, the Norna, or Destiny, of the Future.

[3.—Page 243, stanza xlix.]

Of him who dares 'The Choosers of the Slain.'

The Valkyrs, the Choosers of the Slain, who ride before the battle, and select its victims; to whom, afterwards (softening their character), they administer in Walhalla.

[4.—Page 245, stanza lx.]

When Cæsar bridged with marching steel the Rhine.