talesfromweirdland:
“MAID AGNES musing sat alone
Upon the lonely strand;
The breaking waves sighed oft and low
Upon the white sea-sand.
Watching the thin white foam, that broke
Upon the wave, sat she,
When up a beauteous merman rose
From the bottom...

talesfromweirdland
 
MAID AGNES musing sat alone
Upon the lonely strand;
The breaking waves sighed oft and low
Upon the white sea-sand.

Watching the thin white foam, that broke
Upon the wave, sat she,
When up a beauteous merman rose
From the bottom of the sea

John Bauer (1882-1918) illustration for Swedish folk tale, Agnes and the Sea King.