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The Poetic Edda
Of old was the age | when Ymir lived; Sea nor cool waves | nor sand there were; Earth had not been, | nor heaven above, But a yawning gap, | and grass nowhere.

Then Bur's sons lifted | the level land, Mithgarth the mighty | there they made; The sun from the south | warmed the stones of earth, And green was the ground | with growing leeks.

The Little Mermaid

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 [http://www.kb.nl/bladerboek/visboek/browse/page_046r.xml Het Visboek, ''Andriaen Coenen'' (1577)]
+[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe03.htm The Poetic Edda] <br/>
+Of old was the age | when Ymir lived;
+Sea nor cool waves | nor sand there were;
+Earth had not been, | nor heaven above,
+But a yawning gap, | and grass nowhere.
+Then Bur's sons lifted | the level land,
+Mithgarth the mighty | there they made;
+The sun from the south | warmed the stones of earth,
+And green was the ground | with growing leeks.
+The sun, the sister | of the moon, from the south
+Her right hand cast | over heaven's rim;
+No knowledge she had | where her home should be,
+The moon knew not | what might was his,
+The stars knew not | where their stations were.
+Then sought the gods | their assembly-seats,
+The holy ones, | and council held;
+Names then gave they | to noon and twilight,
+Morning they named, | and the waning moon,
+Night and evening, | the years to number.
 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8okYhcRwrgY&feature=fvw The Little Mermaid]