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Pearls and jewels there abound
That might a Goddess form surround.
All I want is Freya’s charms,
And Freya soon shall bless my arms.
That might a Goddess form surround.
All I want is Freya’s charms,
And Freya soon shall bless my arms.
XXIV.
Ere ether glow’d with western red,
Fair the rich repast was spread.
Thor eat daintily and spare—
Eight salmon and an ox his share.
For courser food he wisely deem’d,
Ill the fairer sex beseem’d.
Elorrid too his thirst represt;
With but three mod’rate flaggons blest,
Ere ether glow’d with western red,
Fair the rich repast was spread.
Thor eat daintily and spare—
Eight salmon and an ox his share.
For courser food he wisely deem’d,
Ill the fairer sex beseem’d.
Elorrid too his thirst represt;
With but three mod’rate flaggons blest,
XXV.
Chieftains! who this board surround,
(Thrym exclaim’d) these deeds confound:
For never did a bridegroom see,
His fair one eat so greedily.
Such appetite, in maid or wife,
I never witness’d in my life,
Chieftains! who this board surround,
(Thrym exclaim’d) these deeds confound:
For never did a bridegroom see,
His fair one eat so greedily.
Such appetite, in maid or wife,
I never witness’d in my life,
