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 :Surtr fares from southward   with switch-eating flame;
 * On his sword shimmers   the sun of the war-gods;
 * The rocks are falling,   and fiends are reeling,
 * Heroes tread Hel-way,   heaven is cloven.


 * Then to the Goddess   a second grief cometh,
 * When Odin fares   to fight with the Wolf,
 * And Beli's slayer,   the bright god, with Surtr;
 * There must fall   Frigg's beloved.


 * Odin's son goeth   to strife with the Wolf,&mdash;
 * Vídarr, speeding   to meet the slaughter-beast;
 * The sword in his hand   to the heart he thrusteth
 * Of the fiend's offspring; avenged is his Father.


 * Now goeth Hlödyn's   glorious son
 * Not in flight from the Serpent,   of fear unheeding;
 * All the earth's offspring   must empty the homesteads,
 * When furiously smiteth   Midgard's defender.


 * The sun shall be darkened,   earth sinks in the sea,&mdash;
 * Glide from the heaven   the glittering stars;
 * Smoke-reek rages   and reddening fire:
 * The high heat licks   against heaven itself.

And here it says yet so:


 * Vígrídr hight the field   where in fight shall meet
 * Surtr and the cherished gods;
 * An hundred leagues   it has on each side:
 * Unto them that field is fated."

LII. Then said Gangleri: "What shall come to pass