Behold! a bale fire vast illumes the north!
’Twas Asa-gard whence Odin, Vil, and Ve
Sent messages to Lok o’er all the earth.
But now blest tidings all Valhalla cheer:
Iduna, borne by Lok, arrives in view!
Scarce did the nymph in Odin’s dome appear,
Away all care and pain and sorrow flew;
Each flow’ret oped again its chalice to the dew.
The lark now sang; each goddess felt the charm;
Again their bosom with youth’s fullness swell’d: