The Lorelei did not "call his name in unutterable sweet Whispers" this time.

No, that song naturally worked an instant and thorough "changement" in her; and not only that, but it stirred the bowels of the whole afflicted region around about there--for-- "Scarcely had these tones sounded, everywhere there began tumult and sound, as if voices above and below the water.

On the Lei rose flames, the Fairy stood above, at that time, and beckoned with her right hand clearly and urgently to the infatuated Knight, while with a staff in her left hand she called the waves to her service.

They began to mount heavenward; the boat was upset, mocking every exertion; the waves rose to the gunwale, and splitting on the hard stones, the Boat broke into Pieces.

The youth sank into the depths, but the squire was thrown on shore by a powerful wave." The bitterest things have been said about the Lorelei during many centuries, but surely her conduct upon this occasion entitles her to our respect.