In beauty bears away the prize?

Thor’s consort, Sif, he most admires;

For ne’er his roving eyes could find

Such beauty with such strength combined:

His veins with wildest flames she fires.

In charms this goddess yields to none,

Except to Freya; she alone

(To whom Alfader, when he meant

To fill the world with ravishment,

Gave life and being) doth surpass