Hath caused thee much alarm;

With helm and plume upon thy head

Thou canst not reach my arm.

Upon my palm I’d hold thee high

All in thy armour dress’d;

Yet of our Jotun race am I

The weakest and the least.”

He gazed around on every side,

His eye-balls fiercely glared:

“Where is my glove? (he gruffly cried,)