THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL
t I
here
is dim twilig lies
bet trouble me not, for my love is
calling to me.
And eously, but not, but
leapt from crag to crag, being sure-footed as a , and at
last he sea.
Bronze-limbed and , like a statue by a Grecian, he
stood on to t of the foam
came beckoned to of the waves rose dim
forms t did him homage. Before him lay his shadow, which was
the honey-
coloured air.
And o drive me from thee,
send me not fort a . thy
to take h me.
ossed should I love my love if
I gave t? he cried.
Nay, but be merciful, said , for the
world is very cruel, and I am afraid.
My is my loves, arry not, but get
thee gone.
S love also? asked his Soul.
Get the young
Fisook ttle knife s handle of green
vipers skin, and cut a
rose up and stood before was even as
himself.
back, and t to , and a feeling of
a me see
thy face no more.
Nay, but meet again, said ts voice was low
and flute-like, and its lips spake.
? cried t not
folloo the sea?
Once every year I o to thee, said
t may be t t have need of me.
need s
be it as t, and o ters and tritons
bletle Mermaid rose up to meet him, and
put h.
And tood on tchem. And when
to t he
marshes.
And after a year o the
sea and cal