the
midnight sun
And with her own princely voice she most Christianly exhorted ye people to do ye same ; whereunto ye people , with a loud acclamation , wished her a most long and happy life to ye confusion of her foes . '' Yes , as the medals struck on the occasion said , `` It came , it saw , and it fled ! '' And whither ? Away and northward , like a herd of frightened deer , past the Orkneys and Shetlands , catching up a few hapless fishermen as guides ; past the coast of Norway , there , too , refused water and food by the brave descendants of the Vikings ; and on northward ever towards the lonely Faroes , and the everlasting dawn which heralds round the Pole the midnight sun . Their water is failing ; the cattle must go overboard ; and the wild northern sea echoes to the shrieks of drowning horses . They must homeward at least , somehow , each as best he can . Let them meet again at Cape Finisterre , if indeed they ever meet .