THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL
reading out of to her, I am in love
h me from having my
desire. tell me ruth
I . Of o me? I cannot
see it. I may not touc. I do not kno.
And t beat , and anshou
art mad, or eaten of some poisonous he
noblest part of man, and o us by God t we should
nobly use it. than a human soul,
nor any eart can be is h all
t is in the rubies
of t any more of this
matter, for it is a sin t may not be forgiven. And as for the
Sea-folk, t, and traffic hem are
lost also. ts of t kno good
from evil, and for t died.
tears whe
bitter , and he rose up from his knees and said
to and are glad, and on
t t me be
as the days of
flo me, if it
stand bet I love?
t, knitting his
broo
he woodland,
and accursed be t
nigime, and t to lure me from my beads. they
tap at to my ears tale
of tempt me emptations, and when I
me. t, I tell thee,
t. For there is no heaven nor hell, and in
neithey praise Gods name.
Fat not hou
sayest. Once in my net I snared ter of a King. She is
fairer tar, and he moon. For her
body I would give my soul, and for her love I would surrender
ell me me go in peace.
A: t, and thou
s be lost h her.
And drove him from his door.
And t doo t-place, and he
h bowed head, as one who is