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1616-1916 : On the Tercentenary commemoration of Shakespeare Ultima Thule sendeth greeting / an Icelandic poem by Matthias Jochumsson, with translation into English by Israel Gollanez., Vilhjalmur Shakespeare. Icelandic and English

"This poem, in the ancient mother-tongue of Scandinavia and in the old Northern Kviða, was intended for the 'Book of homage,' but was belated owing to the great disturbance of mail routes and navigation. The translation was printed in the Times Literary Supplement of September 14."