See now the giant-queller raise

His hammer! lo! his goats he slew!

Such was his custom: with amaze,

Yet not displeased this act to view,

The old dame stared; then rushed in haste

Upon the board to spread the cloth;

While Lok, as cook, prepared to baste

The meat, and mix the savoury broth.

A wondrous fact I now reveal:

Thor drives these goats around the earth,