I am the God Thor, <br />I am the War God, <br />I am the Thunderer! <br />Here in my Northland, <br />My fastness and fortress, <br />Reign I forever! <br />Here amid icebergs <br />Rule I the nations; <br />This is my hammer, <br />Miölner the mighty; <br />Giants and sorcerers <br />Cannot withstand it! <br /> <br />These are the gauntlets <br />Wherewith I wield it, <br />And hurl it afar off; <br />This is my girdle; <br />Whenever I brace it, <br />Strength is redoubled! <br /> <br />The light thou beholdest <br />Stream through the heavens, <br />In flashes of crimson, <br />Is but my red beard <br />Blown by the night-wind, <br />Affrighting the nations! <br />Jove is my brother; <br />Mine eyes are the lightning; <br />The wheels of my chariot <br />Roll in the thunder, <br />The blows of my hammer <br />Ring in the earthquake! <br /> <br />Force rules the world still, <br />Has ruled it, shall rule it; <br />Meekness is weakness, <br />Strength is triumphant, <br />Over the whole earth <br />Still is it Thor's Day! <br /> <br />Thou art a God too, <br />O Galilean! <br />And thus singled-handed <br />Unto the combat, <br />Gauntlet or Gospel, <br />Here I defy thee!<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-challenge-of-thor/
