NOTES. Though the names of Odin and Thor, the Fatal Sisters, and the Hall of Valhalla, be familiar to the readers of English poetry, yet, as the minutiæ of the Gothic Mythology are not very generally known, I have subjoined a few short explanatory notes, which, though they cannot be expected to afford much insight into the general system, will, I trust, be sufficient to enable my readers to comprehend such parts of it, as are alluded to in this poem. DELLINGER,-day. HRIMFAX, the steed of the evening twilight. NORVER,-Night. LOK.-Lok, though he ranked amongst the Scandinavian Deities, had all the attributes of a demon. He was the enemy of Gods and Men, and the author of crimes and calamities. VALFANDER, -a name of Odin, the chief of the Gods. To Loda's dark circle, and mystical stone. The Circle of Loda, or Loden, was a rude circle of stones, used as a place of worship amongst the Scandinavians. THOR,-the Gothic Mars. VALHALLA, the hall of Odin, where the spirits of heroes who died in battle drank mead and beer from the skulls of their enemies. With strong coruscations of vibrating light. It is well known with what superstitious anxiety the Aurora Borealis was formerly regarded. Ignorance and credulity readily discerned in its brilliant phenomena the semblance of aërial battles: and it is not surprising, that from such a source the va liant should draw prognostics of victory, and the timid of defeat and destruction. Thus Lucan, in describing the prodigies which preceded the civil war: Tum ne qua futuri Spes saltem trepidas mentes levet, addita fati Et varias ignis tenso dedit aëre formas; Nunc jaculum longo, nunc sparso lumine lampas Fantastical arrows and jav'lins were hurl'd. The northern lights which appeared at London in 1560 were denominated burning spears. HILDA and MISTA,-two of the Valkyræ, or fatal sisters. BALDER, the Scandinavian Apollo, the son of |