I give a short specimen of his mystical writing--a style of which he was very fond.

It is called: "The Great Assize.
"Now, it came to pass that on a certain day the Gods were weary.

Odin sat upon his throne, and rested his chin upon his hand.

And Thor came in, and threw his hammer upon the earth, and said, 'I am weary of walking up and down in the earth, of smiting and slaying; and I know not how to bind or heal up, and I am too old to learn.' And Freya said, 'I am weary of Valhalla and the birds and trees, the perpetual sunshine and the feasts and laughter.' So also said all the Gods.
"And Odin, when the clamour was stilled, rose from his throne, and spoke.

He told them of an ancient law of the Gods, so ancient that it seemed dim even to himself, that when the Gods should be heavy and be sad at heart, they should appoint a judgment for men, should open the everlasting records, and call the world to the assize; and Loki should be the accuser, and Night and Day the witnesses, and Odin should deliver sentence, with the Gods for assessors.
"So Thor stepped out upon the bar of heaven, and blew the steel trumpet that is chained to the door-post of the hall.
"Shrill and angry came the sound of the great horn over earth, her woods and valleys; and terrible was the sound of wailing and lamentation.