Sat on high to view
Fiendish goblins war.

See, before Ellide gliding,

Like an island floating free,
Sea-whale on whose back are riding,
Loathsome goblins of the sea.
Heyd a snowy pelt, doth cover,
Figure like a polar bear;
Ham hath wings which, waving hover
Eagle-like in stormy air.

"Now. Ellide, ready!
Show if hero temper
Dwells within your banded
Convex breast of oak.

Listen to my order;
Are you Valhal's daughter?
Strike with keel of copper,
Gore the conjured whale!"

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Brave Ellide hears
Fridthjof's proud behest.
With a spring she rears
'Gainst the monster's breast.

From the wound a stream is driving,