1 "That may not be," said then the ferryman, 2 "Lest we unweeting hap to be fordone:
3 For those same islands, seeming now and then,
seeming > appearing
4 Are not firm land, nor any certain wone,
certain > fixed, definite; established wone > country; dwelling-place
5 But straggling plots, which to and fro do run
straggling > wandering
6 In the wide waters: therefore are they hight
hight > called
7 The Wandering Islands. Therefore do them shun; 8 For they have oft drawn many a wandering wight