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The Merrow’s Game
Bravely the pair set out
hand in hand to face
the far away strange new land
mother and daughter stood
stoic upon the bow
beaten by the waves.
"Do you hear! Do you hear!"
cried the daughter.
"Such music to move me"
Come with me, come with me
a voice cooed soft enchantment
"It must be the Merrow's song
to play so sweetly"
"Nae! Nae!"
Replied the mother
"I hear nothing but how the
wind howls into the sails."
"Look! Look!"
Pleaded the daughter
"Do you not see?"
Within the distance
lithe figures seemed
to twist and turn carelessly
in play.
"It is the Merrow's dancing
upon the waves"
"I see! I see!"
Said the mother
"The mist is shifting
in the breeze"
"No! No!"
wailed the daughter
"They have a hold of me"
such a pretty girl
you must come away with me
and play in all our watery games
The mother turned
to her daughter
and found her there
no more, and her
gaze fell upon the
churning waters.
"My child! My child!"
she screamed.
The sea had claimed
another.
10:12 AM - 11/2/2007 -
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