But never the mother can silence keep,

She grunts for pastime loud and deep.

GESTUR.

Thy wits will fail thee, I surmise,

Shouldst thou perchance a monster meet,

Who boasts ten tongues and twenty eyes,

With twice five tails, and forty feet.

SKIRNIR.

Thy frightful beast, O Gestur blind!

Can with no terrors fill my mind: