August 17, 2010

Listen Listen Said the Mermaid to the Prince


Lying stretched on a bed of seaweeds at the bottom of the sea. ‘Listen! that is your old love playing, for mermaids know everything that happens upon earth.’

The Brown Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang
1904, illustrator H. J. Ford
from Project Gutenberg

2 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

He looks disinterested.

That Hank said...

Typical, just lying around.