Blossoms and leaves and scattered grain.[981]

By slow degrees the Vánars' lord

Felt life and sense and strength restored.

He heard the giants' joyful boast:

He thought upon his Vánar host.

His teeth and feet he fiercely plied,

And bit and rent the giant's side,

Who, mad with pain and smeared with gore,

Hurled to the ground the load he bore.

Regardless of a storm of blows