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XIX.
Thor then with nuptial tire was crown’d:
Low swept his pall along the ground:
In emblematic order shone,
The keys suspended from his zone:
Rings upon his hand he bore,
And round his head a garland wore.

XX.
I too in female garb array’d,
Lok cry’d, will imitate thy maid :
Thus we’ll to the Jotni ride,
Nymph and servant, side by side.

XXI.
Quickly to their goats they flew,
And round the shining harness threw.
The gilded chariot, form’d for speed,
Soon confess’d th’ immortal breed,
Rocks, as they pursu’d their way,
Dissolv’d in smoking clouds away;