<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537990" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Northern Legend</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There sits a lovely maiden,<br>The ocean murmuring nigh;<br>She throws the hook, and watches;<br>The fishes pass it by.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A ring, with a red jewel,<br>Is sparkling on her hand;<br>Upon the hook she binds it,<br>And flings it from the land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Uprises from the water<br>A hand like ivory fair.<br>What gleams upon its finger?<br>The golden ring is there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Uprises from the bottom<br>A young and handsome knight;<br>In golden scales he rises,<br>That glitter in the light.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The maid is pale with terror--<br>'Nay, Knight of Ocean, nay,<br>It was not thee I wanted;<br>Let go the ring, I pray.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Ah, maiden, not to fishes<br>The bait of gold is thrown;<br>The ring shall never leave me,<br>And thou must be my own.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cullen+Bryant">William Cullen Bryant</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537990" data-title="A Northern Legend de William Cullen Bryant" data-description="FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND. There sits a lovely maiden, The ocean murmuring nigh; She throws the hook, and watches; The fishes pass it by. A ring, with a red jewel, Is sparkling on her hand; Upon the hook she binds it, And flings it from the land..."></div> </div> </div>

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