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THE Ode which follows is of a different kind from the preceding, it is called, in the ancient Chronicles, the Elogium of Hacon. This prince was son of the famous Harald, surnamed Harfagre, or Fair-Locks, the first king of all Norway. He was slain in the year 960, in a battle wherein eight of his brothers fell along with him. Eyvind, or Evinder, his cousin, a celebrated Scald, who was called The Cross of Poets on account of his superior talents for verse, was present at this battle, and afterwards composed this Ode, to be sung at the funeral of his relation. It is Snorro himself, to whom we owe the Edda, that hath preserved this Ode in his Chronicle of Norway.
