. Balder's death and Loke's punishment . They wended their way from the valley,bTckVoTgard,Ascending to pinacled Asgard; And Loke, the wanton and Evil—Very willingly would they have eased him,But Hels dread curse was upon himAnd on hers she must work out her will. leaving sigyn Alone beside Loke stood °himt0 She could not loose him, and would not,service and gut sne strove to lessen his anguish win him from . , _ , , , . , vengeance And open the floodgates by kindnessand hate. That the streams of his love might start cup she made, joining her fingers,To catch the witherin
. Balder's death and Loke's punishment . They wended their way from the valley,bTckVoTgard,Ascending to pinacled Asgard; And Loke, the wanton and Evil—Very willingly would they have eased him,But Hels dread curse was upon himAnd on hers she must work out her will. leaving sigyn Alone beside Loke stood °himt0 She could not loose him, and would not,service and gut sne strove to lessen his anguish win him from . , _ , , , . , vengeance And open the floodgates by kindnessand hate. That the streams of his love might start cup she made, joining her fingers,To catch the withering venomThat fell from the fangs of the Serpent, 38 LORES PUNISHMENT. To spill it or ever it burned , unsleeping, his pain she endures,In the glare of the sun in the summer,In the pinch of the cold in the winter,Through the watches of noon and of midnightAnd she listens, by hope still sustained,Again to-night, and forever,Till he whisper that Word. But Loke win But Loke relents not, and speaks not,Save when, her cup overflowing. THE ASAS ASCENDING TO ASGARD OVER BIFROST. And the venomous drops on him spilling And rankling, he cries aloud and he curses, And save when, at midnight, When the stars are most awful in heaven, The howling of hounds heralds Hel. Then he moans and he mutters, by turns Praying Hel, now to pass. .. .now to take him. LORES PUNISHMENT. 39 though sigyn still siie listens and watches, lone Sigyn,That Goddess of Sorrows; and her faceIs alight with a passion of by self-abnegationAnd unthanked devotion—the steadfast! But who shall say it is thankless?And who shall say it is useless?Still Weird will go as it will,until Ragna- Surely Mercy is better than Vengeance, Mayhap Love will prove stronger than JusticeAnd Sigyn win Loke from Hel. THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATESTAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OP 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILIIDb- t~ THIS BOOK ON THE nJlIt! E T° RETURN OVERDUE. $ °° °N ™E S^ENTH DAY
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