Forest, lake, their march pursuing,

The proud Jotun race subduing;

Gefion, as a bulrush strait,

Hied one summer evening late

To where Svea’s fountain flows,

Where the Jetter’s dwelling rose

Built of wood; where Gyllfe’s hand

Levied tribute from the land,

Far as the wave, whose stormy spray

Scoops through the hills a double bay.