But yet with thee I may not fly:

For, borne so swiftly through the sky,

Mine eyes would soon grow faint and dim,

My dizzy brain would reel and swim,

My yielding arms relax their hold,

And I in terror uncontrolled

Should fall into the raging sea

Where hungry sharks would feed on me.

Nor can I touch, of free accord,

The limbs of any save my lord.