THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL
it
was lying.
eeping as one smitten ,
and oyed
amber of t on the sand,
rembling
to . Cold was
t asted it ter joy. he
kissed t lay upon their
cups tears.
And to to ts
ears ale. ttle hands
round ouchin reed of
t. Bitter, bitter was range
gladness was his pain.
te foam moaned like a leper.
ite cla the
palace of t
upon t tritons blew heir horns.
Flee away, said he sea come nigher, and
if tarriest it hee. Flee away, for I am afraid,
seeing t t is closed against me by reason of the
greatness of to a place of safety. Surely
t not send me a into another world?
But tened not to called on the
little Mermaid and said, Love is better than wisdom, and more
precious t of ters of
men. t destroy it, nor can ters quenc. I
called on t da not come to my call. the
moon thou no heed of me. For evilly had
I left to my own ever did
t strong, nor did aught
prevail against it, though I have looked upon evil and looked upon
good. And no t dead, surely I hee
also.
And o depart, but , so great was
to cover h
its h
mad lips t t was
did break, trance and entered in, and was one
he young Fisherman
s waves.
And in t forto bless t
roubled. And the musicians,
and t
company.