Title/Paratext] "The Fatal Sisters was written [...]" H.W. Stranded in Granada they seek refuge … Hendrickson, 1966. 17.1 - 18.4 Mista ... see,] "The names of the sisters [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. "Julius Caesar, ii, 2, 22." Such as they destined for death, they conducted to Valhalla, the Abode of the Brave.The metre and music are both admirably adapted to the subject, and Gray seems to have met with more success than is usual in paraphrases.". "'And o're Campania stretch'd his ample Sway', Dryden, Aeneid vii 1018.". Hendrickson, 1966. "Hast   Wharton MS. For the pronunciation to which this points, cf. 38.3 its] "it's C[ommonplace] B[ook], [MS. sent [...]" H.W. 15.1 Sword,] "Blade   Wharton." See Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, i. 44.4 shall] "must   Commonplace Book, Wharton." and Citation Guide, Use 31.1-3 Gondula ... Geira,] "No doubt Gray came to [...]" D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. prolong.] [Through all the air goes a thick storm of weapons and faster falls the iron hail. Lachesis is the middle of the three, responsible for deciding the details of our destiny. Gray found the names Mista [v. 17] and Geira in Bartholin's translation (p. 554) of a stanza in another poem of the Poetic Edda (the Grimnismal), where they occur in a long list of names of valkyrjur. "It has been questioned whether Gray translated these Norse Odes from the originals or from the Latin versions. "Sisters, hence! "Cp. As time passed they were known as the three ugly hags of destiny who dressed in white robes and sat by the throne of Zeus. "[Preface.] 4.) C[ommonplace] B[ook]; The Song of the weird Sisters translated from the Norwegian written about 1029. 1891]. "Bartholin's Latin has as the names of the valkyrjur in these two lines Hilda, Hiorthrimula, Sangrida, Svipula (in the original: Hildr, Hjorthrimul, Sangrithr, Svipul) and in v. 31 Gunna, Gondula (in the original: Gunnr, Gondul). Whibley, 1950 [1st ed. 1891]. Starr/J.R. A Formalistic Analysis of The Fatal Sisters In “The Fatal Sisters” Thomas Gray has created a monologue pregnant with references to history, geography, and mythology. 44.3 King] "Brian, King of Ulster, also [...]" J. Heath-Stubbs, 1981. The Bard 142 (p. [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. "Wharton has: Sisters, hence! [...]" J. Heath-Stubbs, 1981. "ecchoing Wh[arton transcript, Egerton MS.].". 5.". 23.1 Blade] "Sword   Wharton." Vigfusson and Powell:''We have spoken words of might round the young King, we have sung him many a joyous Lay of Victory, many a Lay of Spears. It refers to the battle of Clontarf, which was fought on Good Friday 1014. Website by . As he explained to Mason in Oct. 1759 (Corresp ii 646): 'My only employment & amusement in Town ... has been the Musaeum: but I have been rather historically than poetically given, with a little of your encouragement perhaps I may return to my old Lydgate & Occleve, whose works are there in abundance.' "G[ray]. G. may have abandoned it as early as 1762, when Thomas Warton was already planning his own History (Corresp iii 1092 n). MS. are given on the faith of Mr Gosse.)". Hide Explanatory notes Sir Walter Scott used this poem to document a survival of Orkney's old Norse language - Norn - in the early 19th century. "conquer Pembroke MS. (written over triumph).". 1891]. in the British Museum. Dryden, Aeneid xi 528: 'So many Valiant Heroes bite the Ground'; also Georgics iv 117; Aeneid xii 928; Pope, Iliad xvi 853.". 31.1-4 Gondula ... spread] "Gunna and Gondula, spread Pembroke [...]" A.L. 59.4 winding] "echoing   Wharton." A transcript by Wharton in the British Museum is entitled 'The Song of the Weird Sisters, translated from the Norwegian about 1029'. presented here in unmodernized form, has been taken from the Starr/Hendrickson edition. Title/Paratext] "There is a copy of [...]" D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. G. then quoted the first line of the Norse original: 'Vitt er orpit fyrir valfalli, &c.' The sources of the poem mentioned by G. are Thomas Bartholin's Antiquitatum Danicarum De Causis Contemptae A Danis Adhuc Gentilibus Mortis (Copenhagen, 1689) in which many extracts from Norse poetry and the sagas were first published, including Norse and Latin texts of the original of The Fatal Sisters on pp. Starr/J.R. "In the list of 'Gothic' poems at the front of his Commonplace Book vol. 1898]. 465), 'Autograph Directions', Brit. ii, The Fatal Sisters is entitled 'The Song of the Weird Sisters, or Valkyries - after A:D: 1029. Book 6 in the Rafferty P.I. "[Advertisement.] Sictryg, better Sigtrygg (Old [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. 50.4 blot] "veil Wh[arton transcript, Egerton MS.]." 75].". Mason then refers us to Bartholinus, t. i. p. Thormodus Torfaeus; Hafniae, 1697, Folio: went with a fleet of ships and a considerable body of troops, who was then making war on his father-in-law, Dublin: the Earl and all his forces were cut to pieces, and, the action. Title/Paratext] "The original poem, known in [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. "This is obscure in the original. "With the weaving here and in the Bard compare the paraphrase of the gipsy's song in Guy Mannering [C. 8.4-5 Randver's bane.] 31.1-3 Gondula ... Geira,] "Gunna, and Gondula. Title/Paratext] "[Advertisement.] "The Northmen, hitherto confined to the seabord of Erin.". They are to be enchased in a history of English bards, which Mason and he are writing; but of which the former has not written a word yet, and of which the latter, if he rides Pegasus at his usual foot-pace, will finish the first page two years hence.' 1891]. Hendrickson, 1966. - Wharton MS." J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. T he English poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771) based his renowned poem, The Fatal Sisters: An Ode, on the Darraðarljoð - a song detailed within the pages of the Saga of Burnt Njal. for review. note.". chaps. 1898]. 1898]. 1898]. Clotho, the youngest of the three sisters, is the creatress. Only the more important deviations are listed here: ...employed about a loom;... [is] they were all employ'd about a loom: the threads, that formed the texture, were the entrails of Men, the shuttles were so many swords, the weights were human heads, the warp was all of bloody spears. "Par. - Pembroke MS." J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. 1919]. A.L. (Gosse.) Obvious errors have been silently corrected, punctuation has been 18.4 see,] "Lo! These results should be considered as a basis for deeper interpretative enquiry such as can be found in the notes and queries. steed.] According to Vigfusson and Powell, it refers to the battle of Clontarf, fought on Good Friday, 1014, and represents the Weird Sisters as appearing before the battle, and weaving the web of the fate of Ireland and of King Brian. No doubt he referred to the original, which they also print.This original is to be found in the Icelandic Njalssaga (the Saga of Njall or Niel), cap. - Pembroke [...]" E. Gosse, 1884. Title/Paratext] "[The Fatal Sisters, according to [...]" E. Gosse, 1884. Education and Government 99 [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. air.] Poole/L. Whibley, 1950 [1st ed. The original has ''showers.''". 44.3 King] "Brian. 28.3 triumph,] "conquer   Commonplace Book, written [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. While she is spinning, she consults with her older sister, Lachesis. (Mitford.) "[The MS. at Pembroke bears the date 1761 and is entitled 'The Song of the Valkyries'. "Cp. "Hamlet I ii 188: 'I shall not look upon his like again.'". The other authority is Antiquitatum Danicarum de Causis contemptae Mortis a Danis adhuc Gentilibus Libri Tres. "''Sangrida, terrific Maid / Mista black, and Hilda see''   Wharton MS.". Hendrickson, 1966. It is to be noted however that Gray's Preface accords with the Ode, whether in the Latin version, or his own, in ignoring the death of the younger king; and he could scarcely have had Torfaeus before him for the day of the battle, for the Latin of Torfaeus as cited in Phelps, Appendix, p. "Gunna and Gondula, spread   Commonplace Book, Wharton.". Gray found the names Mista and Geira in Bartholin's translation (p. 554) of a stanza in another poem of the Poetic Edda (the Grimnismal), where they occur in a long list of names of valkyrjur. Sictryg, better Sigtrygg (Old Norse Sigtryggr). The Bard 5 and n (p. 183); 'his Helmet rung', Dryden, Aeneid x 1089.". Professor Kittredge. Click here for more details. The Fatal Sisters is a play that involves an entangled web of characters, whom do not realize how close they truly are to the things/people they are searching for. strong.] "These lines are not in the original. 3.1-4 Iron-sleet ... shower] "G[ray]. But Gray probably means Sigurd.". The Fatal Sisters. The ''Friend'' Gray mentions [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. 1891]. "Notice the semi-classical and conventional character of these two lines. "The Fatal Sisters, according to a note to the original MS. at Pembroke College, was written in 1761. also Virgil, Aeneid xii 283-4: it toto turbida caelo / tempestas telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber (through the whole sky flies a thickening storm of javelins and the iron rain falls fast); and Statius, Thebaid viii 412-3: exclusere diem telis, stant ferrea caelo / nubila (Their darts shut out the day, a steely cloud hangs athwart the sky). Indeed, it seems to the present editors, whose knowledge of O[ld] N[orse] is also rather limited, that Gray did much better than he has usually been given credit for in avoiding the pitfalls of this poem.This passage appears in Lockhart's Life of Scott (London: Millet, n.d.), iv. 84-107. and an ex-cop who spent enough time on the streets to understand how things work. It is clear indeed that the statements which he has embodied in his Preface are not a proper Argument to the original poem, though they have affected his interpretation of it. "The original poem, known in its separate form as Darradar Ljod, was probably written not long after the Battle of Clontarf, fought on Good Friday 1014, of which it purports to be a prophetic account. In Tormodus Torfaeus. [Lockhart here refers us to Henry Mackenzie's Introduction to the ''Fatal Sisters.'' (So Vigfusson, doubtless correctly.)". Göttingen). "Gunna and Gondula. Starr/J.R. 59.4 winding] "ecchoing   Wharton MS." D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. The latter is a false form, the correct reading being probably Geironul.". as they wove, they sung the following magic song.'". Title/Paratext] "The Ode is a translation [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. According to Mason, Memoirs p. 337: 'Mr. 'Christmas-day'] Torfaeus makes it clear that the battle actually occurred on Good Friday (eodem die passionis dominicae), 23 April 1014. 1919]. (Phelps and Kittredge.) The date thus fixed by Gray, whencesoever derived, tallies with the statement of the American editors, that ''the poem must be nearly contemporary with the event which it celebrates. When the British Museum opened in 1759, G. took up residence in London so that he could pursue his interests in the new library. "Cf. 355-60. took three of these [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. The lower ends of the warp threads, either singly or in bundles, were weighted with stones to keep them taut.Near the middle of the uprights there was a device that ran horizontally across the loom to enable the weaver to pull a certain series of warp threads forward, thus leaving a space (the shed) between them and the rest of the warp. Title/Paratext] "The title in the Pembroke [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. "[The Fatal Sisters, according to a note to the original MS. at Pembroke College, was written in 1761. Gray evidently assumed that the battle was a victory for Sictryg, although this is hardly the modern interpretation. 18.1 Sangrida] "Mista black. Title/Paratext] "[Advertisement, last line but one] [...]" E. Gosse, 1884. Starr/J.R. 1898]. At a later stage it was absorbed into the late 13th century Njals Saga, ch. Title/Paratext] "A similar note [as note [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. Tovey has argued, however, that Darradar Ljod means 'Lay of the Darts' and that the name of the man who saw the vision was mistakenly formed from the title of the poem rather than the reverse. 28.3 triumph,] "triumph del with conquer above [...]" H.W. A major factor in the poem's psychoanalytical grisly texture is that the poem is sung by the giants at the loom as they weave. D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. Spelling has been modernized throughout, 33.5 slaughter] "havock. The evidence suggests that the separate title of the poem came later than its inclusion in the saga. viii, p. 63] Here according to his locality, the Caithness man witnessed the vision, in which was introduced the song translated by Gray.''". Hendrickson, 1966. Poole/L. Title/Paratext] "Gray translated from the Latin [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. - Wharton MS." J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. Both had been translated by 5 May 1761, when Walpole wrote to George Montagu (Walpole Correspondence ix 364): 'Gray has translated two noble incantations from the Lord knows who, a Danish Gray, who lived the Lord knows when. Further detail is given in the sketch of his plan for the 'History' which he sent to Thomas Warton in April 1770 (Corresp iii 1123). The Bard 5 and [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. opuscula, vol. ll. 28.3 triumph,] "Triumph is struck out and [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1903 [1st ed. The ''history of Olaf Tryggvason'' to which Gray refers was accessible to him in Latin in the works of Torfaeus.". 's note acknowledges a debt to Par. Title: The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 75, "The Fatal Sisters." - Ed.]". A true classic track from Den Haag 1991 made by Dennis harinck Genre Oldschool Comment by shrimpelientje. All 'tis time to [...]" H.W. Title/Paratext] "Written in 1761, not later [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. [[is] [m]ore correctly: - Vitt es orpit fyr val-falli. ), Poems (1969), 210-220 Summary: Written at London not later than the beginning of May 1761, based largely on a Latin translation of the original poem preserved in the late … Fast Download speed and ads Free! In Njals Saga the vision is said to have been seen in Caithness by a man named Dorrudr (not 'by a Native of Caithness'; this phrase together with the unfortunate placing of 'in Scotland' in the preface might lead a reader to infer that the vision was seen near Clontarf).The original poem has no title in any of the MSS. 5.2 lances] "Launces. Title/Paratext] "[Preface.] 'The author was Thomas Bartholin the younger (1659-1690), Professor at Copenhagen.' except in case of conscious archaisms. I think he changed Gunna to Geira (see on l. 17) for greater variety in the sound after Gondula. 45.5 Eirin] "Ireland." [Before May 5, vide infra.] She sits on her pedestal, twisting, pulling, and spinning the threads of life. 15.1 Sword,] "Blade Wh[arton transcript, Egerton MS.]" [...]" H.W. Title/Paratext] "It has been questioned whether [...]" D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. Although he had doubts about their authenticity, G. was greatly excited by them. Spenser, Colin Clout 100; [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. Sisters, weave the web of death; Sisters, cease, the work is done. It centres on the image of the Valkyries, who are singing about the outcome of this battle. Hendrickson, 1966. 33.5 slaughter] "havock C[ommonplace] B[ook]." Mackail.] Hendrickson, 1966. 1919]. "[Advertisement.] "Sangrida, terrific Maid, / Mista black, and Hilda see, Wharton MS.". He finds himself and his companion, Edwy, stranded on the shore of Almunecar, in the kingdom of Granada. It is a free rendering of a Latin translation from the Old Norse. took three of these names of the Valkyries - Sangrida, Hilda and Gondula - from the Latin text; but for Hiorthrimula, Swipula and Gunna he substituted Mista and Geira, names which he found in another list of the Valkyries in Bartholin's Latin translation of part of the Griminsval from the Poetic Edda, p. 554. The original as translated ap. "The tribe which has hitherto been confined to the sea-coast shall rule over rich provinces in the interior of Ireland. "A similar note [as note on l. 1] in the Commonplace Book adds: 'Gunna, Gondula, & Hilda, are the names of three such divinities mention'd in the Edda (Gunnr, Gaundol, Hilldr). - MS." E. Gosse, 1884. The song is altogether one of triumph, and no disasters to the side protected by the Sisters are recorded in it. "G[ray]. 44.4 shall] "Must   Wharton MS." D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. "Perverse. Shakespeare parodied this kind of diction in II Henry IV II iv 213-[4]: 'Why, then, let grievous, ghastly, gaping wounds / Untwine the Sisters Three!' It is in fact an excrescence upon an excrescence. J. Reeves, 1973. Poole/L. 45.2 his] "Her   Pembroke MS." D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. 33.1-6 We ... give,] "Cp. The Introduction was to deal with 'the poetry of the Galic (or Celtic) nations, as far back as it can be traced', as well as 'that of the Goths: its introduction into these islands by the Saxons & Danes, & its duration.' Id. Starr/J.R. Almost simultaneously he was shown the MS of the De Bardis Dissertatio by the Welsh antiquary Evan Evans, which was to be published in 1764 (Corresp ii 680). "[Preface 13. Mason, in his 1775 [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. For the Latin mistranslation of the phrase, see l. 25 n. When the poem was once more reproduced separately, its title may have been intended (as Starr and Hendrickson, p. 211, suggest) merely to mean 'The Song of Dorrudr'. Nevertheless, G.'s interest in the 'History' gradually waned and by 1758, stimulated by Horace Walpole, he had turned instead to the study of English history and antiquities. 284. field.] "Cf. Nor does he make it the young King's sword. 8.4-5 Randver's bane.] as they wove, they sung the following magic song. Starr/J.R. 1898]. It was a name synonymous with wealth and influence, and it was a De Coucy who owned the famous Magnolia Plantation (not to be confused with the plantation in … An annotated catalogue of English poets before 1600 is followed by various essays: 'Lydgate', 'Metrum', 'Pseudo-Rhythmus', 'Gothi', 'Additional Observations on the Use of Rhyme' and 'Cambri'. "No doubt Gray came to the conclusion that it should be Gond'ula, not Gondula. - Pembroke MS." E. Gosse, 1884. "Preface. It refers to the battle of Clontarf, fought on Good Friday, 1014, and represents the Weird Sisters as appearing before the battle and weaving the web of the fate of the King. Curiosity led him to follow them, till looking through an opening in the rocks, he saw twelve gigantic figures resembling women: they were all employed about a loom: and as they wove, they sung the following dreadful song; which when they had finished, they tore the web into twelve pieces, and (each taking her portion) galloped six to the North, and as many to the South.' by Thomas Gray. 1891]. "Gray prints and spells thus - desart-beach.". "[In Gray's note to the poem] Valhalla is spelled Valkalla in P[oems, 1768] and M[ason], for Dodsley evidently misread Gray's hand here, a natural error since this is supposedly the first use of the word in English. 1919]. 1891]. 15.1 Sword,] "Blade. Title/Paratext] "This ode was written in [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. G.'s borrowings from Pembroke College Library and the entries in his pocketbooks and Commonplace Book show that from 1753 onwards he was engaged on a systematic study of Romance, Germanic and Celtic poetics and philology, as well as of medieval English poetry. Warton's unfinished History appeared in three volumes between 1774 and 1781. 2019-05-07T02:21:54Z … The Old Norse forms in Bartholin's text are Mist and Geira. Starr/J.R. 39.1-6 Soon ... stretch] "'And o're Campania stretch'd his [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. the witches in Macbeth I i 5: 'That will be ere the set of sun'.". 1898]. 1781.) "Sisters, hence! To James Beattie, who supervised the Glasgow edn of 1768, he explained that this was 'the sole reason I have to publish these few additions' (Corresp iii 1001-2); and he told Walpole (Corresp iii 1017-18) that 'The Long Story was to be totally omitted, as its only use (that of explaining [Bentley's] prints) was gone: but to supply the place of it in bulk, lest my works should be mistaken for the works of a flea, or a pismire, I promised to send [Dodsley] an equal weight of poetry or prose: so, since my return hither, I put up about two ounces of stuff; viz. Stream The Housepope - The fatal sisters (DJ Francois 2019 refix) by DJFrancois from desktop or your mobile device. Archive Work ID: poems.fsio Uniform Title: "The Fatal Sisters" [e-text] First Line: Now the storm begins to lower, Language: English First Published: 1768 References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds. Title/Paratext] "[Initial Norse line:] Vitt er [...]" H.W. "The tribe which has hitherto [...]" H.W. "'The gasping Head flies off', Dryden, Aeneid ix 446.". - Ed.]". "The Fatal Sisters, together with The Descent of Odin and The Triumphs of Owen, was first printed in 1768. Professor Kittredge points out that ''Christmas day'' is a slip; Torfaeus puts the battle on Good Friday. obviously had had Sigurd in mind, although some editors of the original poem believe that it may refer to Brian's son. song.] his rejection of Caradoc in the Bard, l. 102. 42.1-6 Gored ... wound:] "Cp. 59.4-5 winding vale] "Cp. The 'Friend' is Mason, and the plan was abandoned when Gray learned that Thomas Warton, Professor of Poetry at Oxford, was writing a History of English Poetry.". Starr/J.R. Scotland, through each winding vale Far and wide the notes prolong. "The names of the sisters in the original are Hilda, Hiorthrimula, Sangrida, and Swipula.". 24.1 Hauberk] "Well explained in Gray's note [...]" W. Lyon Phelps, 1894. 1919]. The ode is a paraphrase of an Icelandic poem of the eleventh century entitled Darra[th]ar Lio[th], or 'Lay of Darts.' 33.5 slaughter] "havock   Commonplace Book." Hendrickson, 1966. Cf. head.] Glittering lances are the loom, Where the dusky warp we strain, Weaving many a soldier’s doom, Orkney’s woe and Randver’s bane. corrected the error in a note, based on Bartholin p. 624, in his Commonplace Book, printed by Mason, Poems p. 99 n: 'So Tormodus interprets it, as tho' Daradr were the name of the Person, who saw this vision, but in reality it signifies a range of spears, from Daur, hasta, & Radir, ordo', etc.". immortality!] It is one of the most powerful of the Old Norse poems. 23.1 Blade] "Sword Wh[arton transcript, Egerton MS.]" [...]" H.W. Lockhart (Life of Scott, c. xxix) ''On Duncansby head appear some remarkable rocks, like towers, called the Stacks of Duncansby. Starr/J.R. 9 and 10 together as a kenning for 'blood', construing Randves bana with raudum vepti, which seems more likely in view of its position.". Starr/J.R. "G[ray]. This poem and other such translations or paraphrases were originally intended by Gray as illustrations, in a projected history of English poetry, of "the style that reigned in ancient times." In the Introduction to it he meant to have produced some specimens of the Style that reigned in ancient times among the neighbouring nations, or those who had subdued the greater part of this Island, and were our Progenitors; the following three Imitations made a part of them. When he printed his translations from Norse and Welsh poetry in 1768 he prefixed an 'Advertisement' in which he explained that the plan for the 'History' had been abandoned, but that: 'In the Introduction to it he meant to have produced some specimens of the Style that reigned in ancient times among the neighbouring nations, or those who had subdued the greater part of this Island, and were our Progenitors: the following three Imitations made a part of them.' Hendrickson, 1966. Joy to the victorious bands Triumph to the younger king. [Three books of Danish Antiquities concerning the causes of the contempt of Death by the Danes while they were still Heathens.] His Historia Orcadum is the work to which Gray refers.' Gray had planned to write a History of English Poetry, but when he heard that Thomas Warton was engaged in that work, he gave up the idea, and handed over his general scheme to Warton, who published years afterward the History. "it's C[ommonplace] B[ook], [MS. sent to] D[odsley].". 41.4 Earl] "G[ray]. Faerie Queene II iv 3, 8 and vii 13, 7: 'gor'd with many a wound'; I viii 16, 6: 'the gaping wound'. capitalization have been largely eliminated, except where of real import. Bayerschmidt and Hollander interpret ll. 8.1 Orkney's] "Sigurd." 's note acknowledges a debt [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. G.'s transcript of the poem in his Commonplace Book, where it is dated 1761, is entitled merely 'The Song of the Valkyries'. The Fatal Sisters: Poem by Thomas Gray. "This Ode was written in 1761, and first published as the seventh in the Poems of 1768. 59.4 winding] "Echoing. In July 1752 William Warburton sent Mason a sketch for a history of English poetry which he had found among Pope's papers (Letters from a Late Eminent Prelate to one of his Friends (1808) p. 89). Br[adshaw]. "There is a copy of the Fatal Sisters in the Pembroke MSS., and another, a transcript by Wharton, in the Egerton MSS. Gray took his text from that published in Torfaeus's Orcades Seu Rerum Orcadensium Historiae, Copenhagen, 1697, where it was accompanied by a Latin translation.". The chief interest of Gray's version is the fact that it shows his love and eager study of strictly Romantic themes.". "Gunna and Gondula, spread Pembroke and Wharton MSS.". 56.". Read Thomas Gray poem:Now the storm begins to lower, (Haste, the loom of Hell prepares!) At times a bit far fetched and not believable due to the unrealistic scenarios. The 'Person' in whose favour Gray resigned the task was Thomas Warton. The Old Norse forms in Bartholin's text are Mist and Geira. "These are names of Valkyries. Hail the task, and hail the hands! ii, chaps. Faerie Queene II iv [...]" R. Lonsdale, 1969. l. 50 of [...]" D.C. Tovey, 1922 [1st ed. " ''Sisters, hence! "This and the following two poems ['Descent of Odin', 'Triumphs of Owen'] replaced 'The Long Story' in the volume of Gray's Works of 1768. Poole/L. Starr/J.R. 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