“Whatever mortal thou mayst chuse to rescue from the grave
Beneath the billow, with these gifts thou shall have power to save.”
To Nanna sat just opposite Lofna with flower-crown’d brow:
When with thy dreams two youthful hearts, O gentle Siofna! glow,
Then Lofna, when invoked, to sooth the lover’s pain delights,
And spite of every obstacle, the amorous pair unites:
And if this union be denied on earth, affliction’s vale,
Aloft she bears them on her wings to Freya’s blissful hall.
Nanna she gave to Balder’s arms; and pitying Signe’s fate,
Burst Hagbarth’s noose, and from the tree bore him to Folkvang’s gate.