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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 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.

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 [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]