` Ving , strong , noble , and valiant , ' he said , ` Rainbow Bridge is not for thee . ' `` Very dark grew Ving 's face . Hot rebellion rose in his heart and rushed over his pale lips . '' ` Why dost thou keep back the draught of immortality from me ? ' he demanded passionately . `` The Warder pointed to the dark flood that rolled under the bridge . '' ` The path of the rainbow is not for thee , ' he said , ` but yonder way is open . Ford that flood . On the furthest bank is the fountain of life . ' '' ` Thou mockest me , ' muttered Ving sullenly . ` No mortal could cross that flood . Oh , Master , ' he prayed , turning beseechingly to Odin , ` thou didst promise to me eternal life as to the others . Wilt thou not keep that promise ? Command the Warder to let me pass . He must obey thee . ' `` But Odin stood silent , with his face turned from his beloved , and Ving 's heart was filled with unspeakable bitterness and despair . '' ` Thou mayest return to earth if thou fearest to essay the flood , ' said the Warder . '' ` Nay , ' said Ving wildly , ` earthly life without Alin is more dreadful than the death which awaits me in yon dark river . ' `` And he plunged fiercely in . He swam , and struggled , he buffetted the turmoil .
The waves went XXXXX his head again and again , the whirlpools caught him and flung him on the cruel rocks .
On for from in over than to under with without