Of the ocean come nigher and nigher:
And by night you will see your palace
Ablaze with phosphor fire.
'O come with us, rose-white Meenie,
To our sea-halls draped with green;
O come with us, rose-white Meenie,
And be our rose-white queen!'
But Clebrig heard; and the thunder
Down from his iron hand sped;
And the band of the wild witch-maidens