Thus down o’er Bifrost’s dizzy height, in Freya’s robes array’d,
Drove Asa-Thor; a tinge of rose the vault of heav’n o’erspread.
As the car pass’d, Heimdaller blew his horn in glorious style,
The virgins nine salute the god with fascinating smile.
Seen from the earth, like meteor bright the golden car appear’d;
This time no thunder shook the poles; no forked lightnings glared:
The car athwart the azure sky swift glided like a swan;
Therein sat Tialfe, Asa-Lok, and Thor, the giants’ bane.[100]
