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Quotation from The Poetic Edda by Anonymous (Old Norse)

“Now do I see | the earth anew Rise all green | from the waves again;”

Anonymous (Old Norse) (spoken by The Volva)

The Poetic Edda, Voluspo, stanza 59, trans. Henry Adams Bellows (1923)

Portrait of Anonymous (Old Norse)

After the fire and flood of the last battle, the seeress sees a renewed world rising from the sea.

Citation: "Now do I see | the earth anew Rise all green | from the waves again;" — Anonymous (Old Norse), The Poetic Edda, Voluspo, stanza 59, trans. Henry Adams Bellows (1923). (id poetic-edda-q4)

Portrait: Codex Regius of Eddaic Poems, Unknown author, Public domain.

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