When, oh! too strong for human hand,

The tempest gather'd o er her.

And still they row'd amidst the roar

Of waters fast prevailing;

Lord Ullin reach'd that fatal shore,

His wrath was changed to wailing.—

For sore dismay'd, through storm and shade,

His child he did discover;—

One lovely hand she stretch'd for aid,

And one was round her lover.