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Rh “What said he, that you seem so sad, O fisher of the sea? (Alack! I know it was my love, Who fain would speak to me!)”

“He said, ‘Beware a woman's mouth— A rose that bears a thorn.’” “Ah, me I these lips shall smile no more That gave my lover scorn.”

“He said, ‘Beware a woman's eyes. They pierce you with their death.’ ” “Then falling tears shall make them blind That robbed my dear of breath.”

“He said, ‘Beware a woman's hair— A serpent's coil of gold.’” “Then will I shear the cruel locks That crushed him in their fold.”

“He said, ‘Beware a woman's heart As you would shun the reef.’” “So let it break within my breast, And perish of my grief.”

“He raised his hands: a woman's name Thrice bitterly he cried: My net had parted with the strain; He vanished in the tide.”

“A woman's name! What name but mine, O fisher of the sea?” “A woman's name, but not your name, Poor maiden Marjorie.”