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Then Hilda, placing one hand over their heads, and raising the other towards heaven, all radiant with bursting stars, said in her deep and thrilling tones: "Attest the betrothal of these young hearts, O ye Powers that draw nature to nature by spells which no galdra can trace, and have wrought in the secrets of creation no mystery so perfect as love, Attest it, thou temple, thou altar! attest it, O sun and O air!
"Dark daughter of Hela," said the Prophetess, "whether demon or god hath inspired thee, I hear in my spirit a voice that tells me thou hast pierced to a truth that my lore could not reach. Thou art houseless and poor; I will give wealth to thine age if thou wilt stand with me by the altar of Thor, and let thy galdra unriddle the secrets that have baffled mine own.
Then Hilda, placing one hand over their heads, and raising the other towards heaven, all radiant with bursting stars, said in her deep and thrilling tones: "Attest the betrothal of these young hearts, O ye Powers that draw nature to nature by spells which no galdra can trace, and have wrought in the secrets of creation no mystery so perfect as love, Attest it, thou temple, thou altar! attest it, O sun and O air!
"Is it not strange," said Hilda, evading the question, "that Belsta, and Heidr, and Hulla of old, the wolf-riders, the men-devourers, could win to the uttermost secrets of galdra, though applied only to purposes the direst and fellest to man, and that I, though ever in the future, I, though tasking the Nornas not to afflict a foe, but to shape the careers of those I love, I find, indeed, my predictions fulfilled; but how often, alas! only in horror and doom!"
Thy seid and thy galdra have not guarded me against peril, nor armed me against sin. Nay, perchance but peace: I will no more tempt the dark art, I will no more seek to disentangle the awful truth from the juggling lie. All so foretold me I will seek to forget, hope from no prophecy, fear from no warning. Let the soul go to the future under the shadow of God!"
"Dark daughter of Hela," said the Prophetess, "whether demon or god hath inspired thee, I hear in my spirit a voice that tells me thou hast pierced to a truth that my lore could not reach. Thou art houseless and poor; I will give wealth to thine age if thou wilt stand with me by the altar of Thor, and let thy galdra unriddle the secrets that have baffled mine own.
"Hilda," said Sweyn, "not now will I accuse thee of the seeds thou hast sown: the harvest is gathered and the sickle is broken. Abjure thy dark Galdra , and turn as I to the sole light in the future, which shines from the tomb of the Son Divine." The Prophetess bowed her head and replied: "Belief cometh as the wind.
"Is it not strange," said Hilda, evading the question, that Belsta, and Heidr, and Hulla of old, the wolf-riders, the men-devourers, could win to the uttermost secrets of galdra, though applied only to purposes the direst and fellest to man, and that I, though ever in the future, I, though tasking the Nornas not to afflict a foe, but to shape the careers of those I love, I find, indeed, my predictions fulfilled; but how often, alas! only in horror and doom!"
Thy seid and thy galdra have not guarded me against peril, nor armed me against sin. Nay, perchance but peace: I will no more tempt the dark art, I will no more seek to disentangle the awful truth from the juggling lie. All so foretold me I will seek to forget, hope from no prophecy, fear from no warning. Let the soul go to the future under the shadow of God!"
"Hilda," said Sweyn, "not now will I accuse thee of the seeds thou hast sown: the harvest is gathered and the sickle is broken. Abjure thy dark Galdra , and turn as I to the sole light in the future, which shines from the tomb of the Son Divine." The Prophetess bowed her head and replied: "Belief cometh as the wind.
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