“E’en if he still possess’d his strength and glory, as before:
Giants to slay Thor boasts the power; but not to quench the flame,
Which burns impetuous in my heart for the fair mountain dame!”
Thus the fraternal pair conversed, and shared each other’s grief;
But Freya breath’d the deepest sigh, despairing of relief.
She said: “My dearest brother! thee the future may console;
But as for me, no hope remains to sooth my anguish’d soul.
“For he, who hath not yet possessed what he desires, may still
Hope to obtain it; time one day may on his efforts smile:
But he, who, which he once enjoy’d, hath lost the darling bliss,