Until you near, when with a scream

He plunges headlong in the stream.

This story first in early youth

I heard, and, lest it might be truth,

I ne'er the place have ventured nigh

Until the sun was pretty high.

But I forget, you do not know

The tale; but read, and I will show

You where it is, that you may go

('Tis best upon a drizzling night)