But now the Asar, when the sun its earliest rays display’d,
Assemble all to hold the Ting beneath Yggdrassil’s shade.
There, to avoid temptation, they did not Lok invite:
But Lok to visit Heimdal went towards the rainbow bright:
Soft in his ear he whisper’d, gave counsel, swore that zeal
For Valhall had induced him that mission to fulfil:
“The gods,” said he, “I know, ’gainst me a strong aversion have,
But the whole thing, as thou perceiv’st, is of importance grave.
Thee judgment lacks not; my advice thou’st heard me frankly state;
Follow it, if it seem thee good: if not, reject it strait!