Freya the Disa fair he loves with manhood’s fervent fire;
His love for her all Jotunheim with softness doth inspire.
His father, Lok of Utgard stern, so wrapp’d up in his son,
Hath for the ardent lover’s vows a tender pity shown.
Brother-in-law of Odin thus should Utgard-Lok become,
A mighty change will then forthwith o’er all Heimkringlas come:
Henceforth twixt good and evil no diff’rence will appear;
All contrasts blend harmonious, when the dark owl shall pair
With the white dove: sunshine shall mix with the volcano’s gleam
And in Valhalla’s fragrant grove unsavoury vapours steam: