Keeps silence; fearfully he groans and sighs:

His eyes flash fire, but with extended jaws

Fenris, the wolf, rushes to meet his foe,

Gnashing his frightful teeth: but Vidar soon

O’ercomes the wolf, as were he but a whelp:

He throws him on his back, tears out his tongue,

And tramples him to death beneath his feet.

At length arrives a great important hour,

For now to vapour by the power of fire

The waters all dissolve, and the white sand