id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 13879 Ewald, Johannes The Death of Balder .txt text/plain 15210 2600 99 Both are armed--THOR with his hammer, and BALDER with spear and sword. Now, Balder, hear my word, and fly from Nanna! Shall wonder at thy grief, and pity Balder! What holds thee here, where thou canst hope for nothing? Know, son of Odin, thou whom reason, friendship, But then, most likely thou wilt pity Balder, Yes, thou noble youth, and love thee! Shall I mistrust thee, then--shall I, thy Hother? Thou lovest then thy half-god. HOTHER (will rush towards BALDER, but NANNA makes every effort to prevent Canst thou wish Nanna to abandon Hother? Believe thy Balder, Nanna! press thou thy breast unto this bosom, "Behold," I cried, "thy spear, thou crafty Rota! Wert thou a god, I'd still have none but Hother! And dip thy spear in blood, thou son of Odin! BALDER, HOTHER, NANNA. BALDER, HOTHER, NANNA. NANNA, daughter of Gevar, beloved by Hother, and by Balder, son of Odin, ./cache/13879.txt ./txt/13879.txt