. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . face. Lokes wife,Sigyn, when she saw his agony, stoodbeside him and caught the venom ina cup, as it fell drop by drop; butwhen the cup was full and she turnedto empty it the poison fell on Loke,and he writhed so terribly that thewhole earth trembled and Loke was punished, and so helay, chained and suffering, until thelast great battle set him free. \S/~ w **v * Q Chapter XVI The Twilight of the Gods \ LTHOUGH Loke was bound,JT\. and could do no more harm,B
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . face. Lokes wife,Sigyn, when she saw his agony, stoodbeside him and caught the venom ina cup, as it fell drop by drop; butwhen the cup was full and she turnedto empty it the poison fell on Loke,and he writhed so terribly that thewhole earth trembled and Loke was punished, and so helay, chained and suffering, until thelast great battle set him free. \S/~ w **v * Q Chapter XVI The Twilight of the Gods \ LTHOUGH Loke was bound,JT\. and could do no more harm,Balder could not come back ; and soAsgard was no longer the heaven itused to be. The gods were there,but the sunshine and the summerhad somehow lost their glory, andwere thenceforth pale and faint. Atlast there came a winter such asneither man nor god had ever seen ,before. The days were short anddark, blinding storms followed fastupon each other and left mountainsof snow behind, fierce winds sweptthe sky and troubled the sea, and thebitter air froze the very hearts ofmen into sullen despair. The deep- 234 & ... s;0. Fhe Twilight of the Gods est rivers were fast bound, the fiercestanimals died in their lairs, there wasno warmth in the sun, and eventhe icy brightness of the stars wasdimmed by drifting snow. Thewhole earth was buried in a winter^ W so bitter that the gods shivered inAsgard. The long nights and the short,dark days followed fast upon eachother, and as the time drew nearwhen summer would come againmens hearts grew light with hopeonce more. Each day they lookedinto the sullen skies, through whichclouds of snow were whirling, andsaid to each other, To-morrow thesummer will come; but when the;morrow came no summer came withit. And all through the months,that in other days had been beautifulwith flowers the snow fell steadily,
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