“Oh, if you be a gay young Knight,
As well I trow you be,
Pull tight your bridle reins, and stay
Till I come up to thee.”
But nothing did that tall Knight say,
And no whit did he blin,
Until he reached a broad river’s side
And there he drew his rein.
“Oh, is this water deep?” he said,
“As it is wondrous dun?