Art thou not of the Kelpie clan?"

"What are you doing there in the ground,

Kelpie rider, and never a sound

"To roam the night but the ghost of a cry?"

Ringing and swift there came reply,

"He is asleep where thou art afraid,

In the tawny arms of a goblin maid!"

Then I knew the voice was the voice of a girl,

And I marvelled much (while a little swirl