And we heard how she mocked at the folk with a voice clear and merry
When they called for the ferry; but oh! she was very—was very
Swift-footed. She spoke and was gone; and when Oliver cried,
“Hie over! hie over! you man of the ferry—the ferry!”
By the still water’s side she was heard far and wide—she replied,
And she mocked in her voice sweet and merry “You man of the ferry,
You man of—you man of the ferry!”
“Hie over!” he shouted. The ferryman came at his calling,
Across the clear reed-bordered river he ferried us fast;—
Such a chase! Hand in hand, foot to foot, we ran on; it surpassed