By the lakeside flax to spin,

And a low-hummed song did win

Thro' their threads all fine and thin,

Stealing, flashing out and in.

(Was it magic, Wêland-Smith?)

When the golden flax was spun

(Threads of fate for Wêland-Smith!)

When the golden flax was spun:

"Sisters," said the youngest one,

"See the ripples of the sun