picked him for her own
pressed her body to his body
laughed; and plunging down
forgot in cruel happiness
that even lovers drown."
– William Butler Yeats ‘The Mermaid’
"A mermaid found a swimming lad,
picked him for her own
pressed her body to his body
laughed; and plunging down
forgot in cruel happiness
that even lovers drown."
picked him for her own
pressed her body to his body
laughed; and plunging down
forgot in cruel happiness
that even lovers drown."
