Then harnessed a reindeer to its prow,
With a rope his horns across.
No track was there—but the traveler knew
The way over valley and plain;
Like a well-trained steed, the reindeer flew,
And brought him safe back again.
The fashion he set is in fashion now,
Among the fur-clad Norse;
They use for a sleigh a flat-bottomed scow,
And a reindeer for a horse.