All the stronglier swayed and wooed
Every impulse of his blood
Till desire was at full flood—
('Ware of drowning, Wêland-Smith!)
"What reck I of prayer and plea?"
(So made answer Wêland-Smith.)
"What reck I of prayer and plea?
By this plumage held in fee,
Swan-girl, you belong to me,
Swan-girl, you shall follow me,