Igdrasil
Britishnoun
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It was because Mohammed practised what he preached, that the small seed of his original idea blossomed at last into the mighty “Igdrasil” of the East—the great banyan tree of existence.
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Sir John The little leaves on every tree, the rivers winding to the sea, The swinging tides, the wheeling winds, the rolling heavens above, Around the May-pole Igdrasil, they worked the Morrice-master's will, Persuaded into measure by the all-creative Love.
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Asgard was overshadowed by the mighty tree Igdrasil.
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The gods arose And took their horses, and set forth to ride O’er the bridge Bifrost, where is Heimdall’s watch, To the ash Igdrasil, and Ida’s plain.
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But the Gods went not now, as otherwhile, Into the tilt-yard, where the Heroes fought, To feast their eyes with looking on the fray; Nor did they to their judgment-place repair By the ash Igdrasil, in Ida's plain, Where they hold council, and give laws for men.
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