“Now hear my entreaty, my heart’s belov’d Lord, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) To my own disposal this mermaid award, For she my will has fairly done.” “I’ll not give her thee, nor her life shalt thou save, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) For my seven brave vessels she swamped in the wave, My pleasure thus she has not done.” p. 23Black, black as a clod grew the Queen at that word, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) And down she fell senseless before the King’s board, Because her will she had fairly clone. p. 23 “My Queen and my dearest! thy heart shall not break, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) Thou art free to the strand the fair mermaid to take, Because thy will she has fairly done.” The mermaid in scarlet so fine she array’d, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) Although she had heard her own death by her spaed, For thus, for thus, her will she’d done. The Queen gave command to the maids in her train: (The mermaid dances the floor upon) “Convey ye the mermaid hence down to the main, For she my will has fairly done.” p. 24Upon the blue billows the mermaid they place, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) The Queen fell to weeping, and sad was each face, For she her will, alack! had done. p. 24 “O prythee don’t weep, and O prythee don’t grieve, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) Heaven’s portals stand open thy soul to receive, Now I thy will have fairly done. “In the mansions of Heaven thou aye shalt remain, (The mermaid dances the floor upon) And there perfect quiet and rest thou shalt gain— Now all thy will, fair Queen, I’ve done!” p. 25ROSMER. p. 25 Buckshank bold, and Elfinstone, And more than I can mention here. They caused to be built so stout a ship, And unto Iceland they will steer. They launched the ship upon the sea, Which bellowed like a wrathful bear; Down to the bottom the vessel sank, A laidly Trold has dragged it there. Sank to the bottom the young Roland, And round about he groped awhile. Until he found the path which led Unto the bower of Ellenlile.
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