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 For drink beyond measure will lead all men No thought of their tongues to take."

Loki spake: "Be silent, Heimdall! in days long since Was an evil fate for thee fixed; With back held stiff  must thou ever stand, As warder of heaven to watch."

Skathi spake: "Light art thou, Loki, but longer thou mayst not In freedom flourish thy tail; On the rocks the gods bind thee  with bowels torn Forth from thy frost-cold son."

Loki spake: "Though on rocks the gods bind me with bowels torn Forth from my frost-cold son,