When, gazing on the trees of spring,

They saw each waving bough that showed

The treasures of its glorious load,

And helpless, fainting with the weight

Of woe they sank disconsolate.

Then, lion-shouldered, stout and strong,

The noblest of the Vánar throng,

Angad the prince imperial rose,

And, deeply stricken by the woes

That his impetuous spirit broke,