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Is Mundilförer^[1]—these around
The balanc’d earth in depths profound,
Travel each day with silent pace,
And mark the seasons in their race.

GANRADE.
Vafthrudnis! say, since thou art wise,
And sacred truth thy speech supplies;
Whence day o’er men its glory spreads,
And night with shades involves their heads?

VAFTHRUDNIS.
Dellinger^[2] o’er the trav’lers way,
Shines gentle harbinger of day;

1. Mundilförer, the axis of the earth remaining fixed while the sun and stars revolved round. Thus, Aratus,
   (Greek characters)
   
   
2. Dellinger, the Father of Day or Twilight.