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I have heard the mermaids

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the second in 3 illustrations of the T.S Elliot poem The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock

quill pen and india ink on bristol board

"I have heard the mermaids singing
each to each
I do not think that they will sing to me.

I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown."
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Lizardmansandwich's avatar
The sense of cosmic loneliness is done very nicely.