. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . The Apples of Idun Morning after morning the fadedlight broke on paler and ever palerfaces, until even in heaven the eternallight of youth seemed to be goingout forever. Finally the gods could bear theloss of power and joy no made rigorous inquiry. Theytracked Loke on that fair morningwhen he led Idun beyond the gates;they seized him and brought him intosolemn council, and when he readin their haggard faces the deadlyhate which flamed in all their hearts
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . The Apples of Idun Morning after morning the fadedlight broke on paler and ever palerfaces, until even in heaven the eternallight of youth seemed to be goingout forever. Finally the gods could bear theloss of power and joy no made rigorous inquiry. Theytracked Loke on that fair morningwhen he led Idun beyond the gates;they seized him and brought him intosolemn council, and when he readin their haggard faces the deadlyhate which flamed in all their heartsagainst his treachery, his couragefailed, and he promised to bring Idunback to Asgard if the goddess Freyjawould lend him her sooner said than done; and withjgaze the gods watched him asjw away, becoming at last onlymoving speck against the Norse Stories After long and weary flight Lokecame to Thrymheim, and was gladenough to find Thjasse gone to seaand Idun alone in his dreary changed her instantly into a nut,and taking her thus disguised in histalons, flew away as fast as his falconwings could carry him. And he hadneed of all his speed, for Thjasse,coming suddenly home and findingIdun and her precious fruit gone,guessed what had happened, and,putting on his eagle plumage, flewforth in a mighty rage, with ven-geance in his heart. Like the rush-ing wings of a tempest, his mightypinions beat the air and bore himswiftly onward. From mountainpeak to mountain peak he measuredhis wide course, almost grazing atimes the murmuring pine forests,and then sweeping high in mid-air Icy fo ft I The Apples of Idun with nothing above but the archingsky, and nothing beneath but thetossing sea. At last he sees the falcon far ahead,and now his flight becomes like theflash of the lightning for swiftness,and like the rushing of clou
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