“O wretched fools! why did ye shun

The dangers of all-glorious war?

Thus may it fare with every one

Who dares not follow Asa-Thor!

“Ye miserable, who eschew’d

Danger and death and scenes of blood!

Weaker than women! Hela now

Grinds ye with never-ending woe;

Ye fear’d to don the warrior’s helm,

And trembled at the bowstring’s twang;