[2]. “What kind of a peasant is yon, | that calls o’er the bay?”

Thor spake:

[3]. “Ferry me over the sound; | I will feed thee therefor in the morning;

A basket I have on my back, | and food therein, none better;

At leisure I ate, | ere the house I left,

Of herrings and porridge, | so plenty I had.”

The ferryman spake:

[4]. “Of thy morning feats art thou proud, | but the future thou knowest not wholly;

Doleful thine home-coming is: | thy mother, methinks, is dead.”

Thor spake: