A bow, like Indra's, arms his hand,

And shoots a flood of arrows fierce

As venomed snakes to burn and pierce.

I looked, I looked, but never saw

His mighty hand the bowstring draw

That sent the deadly arrows out,

While rang through air his battle-shout.

I looked, I looked, and saw too well

How with that hail the giants fell,

As falls to earth the golden grain,