I would sit and sing the whole of the day;

I would fill the sea-halls with a voice of power;

But at night I would roam abroad and play

With the mermaids in and out of the rocks,

Dressing their hair with the white sea-flower;

And holding them back by their flowing locks.

I would kiss them often under the sea,

And kiss them again till they kissed me

Laughingly, laughingly;

And then we would away, away