By gold seduced, thou didst commit a crime on earth below.”
“I sinn’d once in my youthful days,” Starkodder humbly said;
“But even till my eightieth year atonement have I made.[72]
“From Helheim’s prison-bars I saved King Oluf, it is true:”
But lo! King Oluf now appears: the old man well he knew:
He straight embraced him, moved to tears, and said: “Well mayst thou plead
Innumerable glorious acts to cancel one misdeed.
“The giants tempted thee, but Thor soon to thy succour came;
Thrice happy he, who in his breast the dark-hued Alf can tame!”
A rustling noise was heard, ’twas Thor shining in brazen arms;