8. “‘Hear, Harald, what I have to say to thee: What thou hast proposed well pleaseth me. 9. “‘If my ship in aught be better than thine, I’ll readily, cheerfully lend thee mine. 10. “‘Do thou the Dragon so sprightly take, And I with the Ox will the journey make. 11. “‘But first, to the church we’ll bend our way, Ere our hand on sail or on oar we lay.’ 12. “And into the church Saint Oluf trode, His beautiful hair like the bright gold glow’d. 13. “But soon, out of breath, there came a man:— ‘Thy brother is sailing off as fast as he can.’ 14. “‘Let them sail, my friend, who to sail may choose, The word of our Lord we will not lose;— 15. “‘The mass is the word of our blessed Lord. Take water, ye swains, for our table board. 16. “‘We will sit at board, and the meat we will taste, Then unto the sea-shore quietly haste.’ 17. “Now down they all sped to the ocean-strand, Where the Ox lay rocking before the land: 18. “And speedily they to the ocean bore The anchor, and cable, and sail, and oar. 19. “Saint Oluf he stood on the prow when on board: ‘Now forward, thou Ox, in the name of the Lord.’ 20. “He grappled the Ox by the horn so white: ‘Hie now, as if thou went clover to bite.’ 21. “Then forward the Ox began to hie, In his wake stood the billows boisterously. 22. “He hallooed to the lad on the yard so high: ‘Do we the Dragon of Harald draw nigh?’ 23. “‘No more of the pomps of the world I see, Than the uppermost top of the good oak tree.— 24. “‘I see near the land of Norroway skim Bright silken sails with a golded rim.— 25. “‘I see ‘neath Norroway’s mountains proud, The Dragon bearing of sail a cloud.— 26. “‘I see, I see, by Norroway’s side, The Dragon gallantly forward stride.’ 27. “On the Ox’s ribs a blow he gave: ‘Now faster, now faster, over the wave.’ 28. “He struck the Ox on the eye with force: ‘To the haven much speedier thou must course.’ 29. “Then forward the Ox began to leap, No sailor on deck his stand could keep.