We'll for this Whistle run a race." ...
| 1836 | |
| Said Walter then, "Your task is here, 'Twill keep you working half a year. | 1800 |
| 'Twill baffle you for half a year. | 1827 |
Said Walter then, "Your task is here,
'Twill keep you working half a year.
'Twill baffle you for half a year.
| 1836 | |
| Till you have cross'd where I shall cross, Say that you'll neither sleep nor eat." | 1800 |
| "Now cross where I shall cross,—come on And follow me where I shall lead—" | 1802 |
| "Cross, if you dare, where I shall cross— Come on, and in my footsteps tread!" | 1827 |
Till you have cross'd where I shall cross,
Say that you'll neither sleep nor eat."