. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . £-&*£ The Death of Balder tween life and death, and found hisway at last to the barred gates ofHels dreadful home. There hesprang to the ground, tightened thegirths, remounted, drove the spursdeep into the horse, and Sleipner,with a mighty leap, cleared the rode straight to the gloomypalace, dismounted, entered, and in amoment was face to face with theterrible queen of the kingdom of thedead. Beside her, on a beautifulthrone, sat Balder, pale and wan,cro
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . £-&*£ The Death of Balder tween life and death, and found hisway at last to the barred gates ofHels dreadful home. There hesprang to the ground, tightened thegirths, remounted, drove the spursdeep into the horse, and Sleipner,with a mighty leap, cleared the rode straight to the gloomypalace, dismounted, entered, and in amoment was face to face with theterrible queen of the kingdom of thedead. Beside her, on a beautifulthrone, sat Balder, pale and wan,crowned with a withered wreath offlowers, and close at hand was Nanna,pallid as her husband, for whom shehad died. And all night long, whileghostly forms wandered restless andsleepless through Helheim, Her-mod talked with Balder and is no record of what they said, but the talk was sad enough, doubtless, 217 W.
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