Norse mythology; or, The religion of our forefathers, containing all the myths of the Eddas, systematized and interpreted

by Rasmus Björn Anderson

Your bower shall be some giant’s cell,

Where phantoms pale shall with you dwell;

Each day to the frosty giant’s hall,

Comfortless, wretched, shall you crawl;

Instead of joy, and pleasure gay,

Sorrow and tears and sad dismay;

With some three-headed giant wed,

Or pine upon a lonely bed;

From morn to morn love’s secret fire

Shall gnaw your heart with vain desire;