But Thor a joke could never bear:
’Tis time I bid ye all farewell.
Thus said, he plunges in the sea;
Swift as an eel he scuds along:
But after him, by anger stung,
Thor hurl’d a lightning’s forked ray.
But Lok intent his limbs to save,
Deep under water bow’d his head;
Innocuous ’midst the boiling wave
The thund’rer’s flaming arrow sped.