ODIN Behold!

[He watches with the look of wistfulness as Freyja and Baldur, springing to the brink of the crater, gaze down upon Fenris.]

FREYJA Ah me!

BALDUR Fenris, my brother!

FREYJA O pain! Why dost thou look upon me so?

FENRIS Fair art, Freyja; shalt Fenris fear not?

FREYJA What wouldst thou?

FENRIS Lithe thy limbs are; lief am to lie with thee.

FREYJA Are these snows thy dwelling-place? No flowers grow here. Take these.

[Freyja lets fall some of her flowers into the crater.]