l. 17. Semblance cold--According to the Gothic Mythology

l. 17. Semblance cold—According to the Gothic Mythology, the spirits of Heroes slept in their bodies, which did not decay. Putrefaction, therefore, was the heaviest curse that could be denounced.

“Never shall enquirer come “To break my iron-sleep again, “Till Lok has burst his ten-fold chain.” Gray’s Descent of Odin, from the Norse Poetry.