© Gunnar Tómasson
23 July 2015.
Not with a bang but a whimper
I. Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241)
8542 = Bók þessi heitir Edda.
20156 = Hana hevir saman setta Snorri Sturlo son
15735 = eptir þeim hætti, sem hér er skipat.
10539 = Er fyrst frá ásum ok Ymi
18224 = þar næst skalldskap ok heiti margra hluta.
17723 = Síþaz Hatta tal er Snorri hevir ort
13512 = um Hak Konung ok Skula hertug.
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This book is named Edda. It has been put together by Snorri Sturluson in the manner which is here ordered. First is an account of the Aesir and Ymir, thereafter poetry and the names of many things. Last, poems which Snorri has composed for King Hakon and Duke Skuli.
II. Dante (1265-1321) – Commedia Alpha
First sentence Inferno Canto I.
15438 = Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
15885 = mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
12588 = ché la diritta via era smarrita.
Hidden poetry
1 = Monad
5763 = Ophiuchus – 13th House of the Zodiac
45319 = Other twelve Houses of the Zodiac
5596 = Andlig spekðin – Spiritual wisdom
7657 = Valfreyju stafr – Valkyrie’s rod
-6960 = Jarðlig skilning – Earthly understanding
3144 = Commedia
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Halfway through the journey we are living
I found myself deep in a darkened forest,
For I had lost all trace of the straight path.
III. Dante – Commedia Omega
Last sentence Paradiso Canto XXXIII.
13922 = Io ritornai da la santissima onda
13853 = rifatto si come piante novelle
13223 = rinnovellate di novella fronda,
16321 = puro e disposto a salire alle stelle.
Hidden poetry
1 = Monad
729 = Platonic Tyrant
5596 = Andlig spekðin – Spiritual wisdom
4000 = Flaming Sword
-6960 = Jarðlig skilning – Earthly understanding
43746 = Njála
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Here powers failed my high imagination:
But by now my desire and will were turned,
Like a balanced wheel rotated evenly,
By the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.
IV. Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) – Utopia title
10268 = Libellus vere aureus,
18072 = nec minus salutaris quam festivus,
24791 = de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia.
A truly golden little book, no less beneficial than entertaining,
of a republic’s best state and of the new island Utopia
53131
A truly golden little book
4385 = Hagia Sophia – Divine Wisdom
1000 = Light of the World
4000 = Flaming Sword
43746 = Njála
53131
V. Utopian quatrain – addendum to Utopia
16811 = Vtopos ha Boccas peu la chama polta chamaan.
14720 = Bargol he maglomi baccan ſoma gymno ſophaon.
15561 = Agrama gymnoſophon labarembacha bodamilomin.
19452 = Voluala barchin heman la lauoluola dramme pagloni.
Hidden poetry
7 = Man of Seventh Day
11359 = Snorri Sturluson
2307 = 23. sept.
1241 = 1241 A.D. – Date of Snorri’s murder
9814 = Sturla Þórðarson
13159 = Ártíð Snorra fólgsnarjarls – Anniversary of date of Man’s murder
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VI. Thomas More, Shakespeares Sonnets, King James Bible (1611)
12220 = The Book of Sir Thomas More
85535 = Dedication, Shakespeares Sonnets
1 = Monad
3635 = Emmanuel – Matt. 1:23
-3637 = Mr. W. H. – Dedication, Shakespeares Sonnets
6677 = God with us – Matt. 1:23
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VII. T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) – The Hollow Men – Omega – I
15417 = This is the way the world ends
15417 = This is the way the world ends
15417 = This is the way the world ends
13964 = Not with a bang but a whimper.
Hidden poetry
17252 = Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere – Stratfordian’s baptismal name
2602 = 26 April – second month of year old-style
1564 = 1564 A.D.
4654 = Brutus
4000 = Flaming Sword
2502 = 25 April
1616 = 1616 A.D.
10026 = Will Shakspere, gent. – Stratfordian’s burial name
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VIII. T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) – The Hollow Men – Omega – II
15417 = This is the way the world ends
15417 = This is the way the world ends
15417 = This is the way the world ends
13964 = Not with a bang but a whimper.
Hidden poetry
3074 = Sann Ara – Truth of Ari/Father of Saga Literature
-2604 = Páfinn – The Pope
43746 = Njála
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Gunnar Tómasson
