The monster’s flank; the gods beheld with pain

Such glorious feats of strength deploy’d in vain.

Now Thor without his hammer homeward hies:

Between the serpent’s scales deep-buried Miölner lies.

CANTO X.
LOK BECOMES ENAMOURED OF SIF.

With pensive look

In Valaskialf sits Asa-Lok:

His head hangs down; his spirits fail;