Showing posts with label Yeats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yeats. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2016

The Mermaid by William Butler Yeats

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.

               William Butler Yeats


(This I would tattoo along my right side ribs. In black.)