Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Blackwood's Magazine
(1817 | noyear)
“ And where the circling eddies rise, A Mermaid's form hath upward sprung! 2. And soft her tones—and sweet her song:— "O, Fisher! why my train decoy? "With craft of man—still wise in wrong— "Why seek to change to death their joy? ”
