But nothing they could do would persuade the goldenmermaid to go with them or move from the spot, for ever since she had left the sea, she had so attached herself to her Prince that she asked nothing else than to live or die with him.
Their father's wrath knew no bounds, and he ordered them both to be banished, but he could not do enough to honour his youngest son, and his marriage with the beautiful mermaid was celebrated with much pomp and magnificence.
At the sight of the beautiful mermaidand of the grim wolf, who stuck close to the Prince this time, the guards all made respectful obeisance, and soon the three stood before his Imperial Majesty.
So the golden mermaid was successfully caught, and she soon felt quite happy in her new life when she saw she had nothing to fear either from the Prince or the wolf--she rode on the back of the latter, and the Prince rode behind her.
When they reached the country ruled over by the Emperor with the golden horse, the Prince jumped down, and, helping the mermaid to alight, he led her before the Emperor.
The mermaid called out to him to stand still, but he refused to listen to her and never paused till he reached the sand of the shore.
He received the wolf and the beautiful golden mermaid most cordially too, and the Prince was made to tell his adventures all over from the beginning.
He lifted the mermaid on to the golden horse, and swung himself up behind her--and so they rode on merrily, with the wolf trotting behind, till they came to the country of the Emperor with the golden bird.
These were the wolf's parting words, and the Prince could not restrain his tears when he saw his friend vanishing in the distance; but one glance at his beloved mermaid soon cheered him up again, and they continued on their journey merrily.
As soon as the sumptuous meal was over, the Prince and his mermaid took leave of the Emperor, and, seating themselves on the golden horse, continued their homeward journey.
At the Mermaid Tavern all the wits used to gather.
It was there the wits gathered together to talk, just as in the days of Ben Jonson they gathered at the Mermaid Tavern.
He loved fighting and adventure, he loved books too, and soon we find him back in London meeting Ben Jonson and Shakespeare, and all the great writers of the age at the Mermaid Club.
Whilst gathering bait he suddenly spied a mermaid asleep among the rocks.
On his releasing her, the mermaidpromised that this should be so.
The originator of the mermaid stories had possibly seen seals making their toilettes.
Science may yet prove that the old legend of the mermaid sitting on a rock, with a glass and comb in her hand, was not so far from truth as we imagine.
And there was a boy saw a mermaid down by Spiddal not long ago, but he saw her before she saw him, so she did him no harm.
John Corley: There is no luck if you meet a mermaid and you out at sea, but storms will come, or some ill will happen.
And there was a man on the north island fishing on the rocks one time, and a mermaid came up before him, and was partly like a fish and the rest like a woman.
There was a ship on the way to America, and a mermaid was seen following it, and the bad weather began to come.
And he went to the end of the ship and he began to sing a song in Irish, and when he sang, the mermaid began to be quiet and to rock like as if she was asleep.
The Mermaid Tavern had been elaborately decorated.
The Windmill stood at the corner of the Old Jewry towards Lothbury, and the Mitre close by the Mermaid in Bread Street.
But the mermaid was very foolish to believe him," added Harry--"very.
The purple pool of mussel shells, All full of salty ocean smells, The coral branches in the wall-- And you the mermaid queen of all .
This report could never be satisfactorily traced to its author, but it was supposed to have been spread by the man who commanded the Mermaid before she was purchased by the government, in revenge for his having lost his employment.
And at two o'clock the next afternoon the Mermaid was anchored off Hobart Town.
His mermaid was manufactured from a codfish skin and a stuffed monkey; but the public stood for that, too, and he made a fortune out of 'em.
The story goes that-- a young lad on one occasion discovered a mermaid bathing and by some means or other got into conversation with her and rendered himself so agreeable that a regular meeting at the same spot took place between them.
When they were asleep the fairy mermaid charmed her golden sword, and then she also lay down to rest herself.
The fairy mermaid was even now at work, trying to save them, and in a few minutes Trot was astonished and delighted to see the queen rise from her couch.
I am no longer afraid," declared the Mermaid Queen, when they were alone.
So the blonde mermaid led Trot and Cap'n Bill outside the palace walls, where they found themselves in the pretty flower gardens.
When they saw the mermaid they cried out: "Oh, Merla!
No mermaid ever catches cold or suffers pain in the water.
You are a monster and a wicked magician," said the Mermaid Queen.
The sea maidens had evidently been expected, for the magician had provided couches for them to recline upon, similar to the ones used in the mermaid palaces.
Never mind; we're going ourselves," announced Merla, and followed by her guests the pretty mermaid swam away.
If ever you need friends, Sacho, or any assistance or counsel, come to me," said the Mermaid Queen to the boy.
What's the difference between a mermaid and a tadpole?
The mermaid attendants assisted the child to dress herself in one of the prettiest robes, which she found to be quite dry and fitted perfectly.
How happy I was the day my play-mermaid changed to a real one!
Uncle Fact was so angry and talked so loud, that Fancy felt frightened and bewildered; and began to think he might be right about the mermaid part, though she hated to give up the little romance.
Then she went to a rock that stood near the quiet nook where she played alone, and sat there looking for a mermaid as the tide came in; for it brought her many curious things, and it might perhaps bring a mermaid.
But the little mermaid only shook her head, and answered as before, "Fancy found me on the beach, and wants me to stay with her.
There is Annette's breast covering of shells, and wonderful flowing mermaid hair, clothing her as the midnight does the moon.
Wildly the mermaid tosses her white arms above her head, and laughs, and shrieks, and laughs again, in ghastly triumph.
But the mermaid beckons him wildly on, and the stream, seizing him like a prey, whirls him downwards eddying past the cross, and it is too late now.
Has Shakespeare smoked it at the Mermaid Tavern, Quaffing a cup of sack with rare old Ben?
Souls of Poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?
Illustration: "I lie and dream of your full Mermaid wine.
The hair of the mermaid of to-day is coarse, short and spiky, with inches between each sprout.
It was the Hero Hogen He rode along the strand: The mermaid there he found at play Upon the yellow sand.
It was the Hero Hogen, he Grew wrathful at her speech; He strook the wretched mermaid That she fell dead on the beach.
Out rode the valiant brothers where The river rolled its tide, There they the Mermaid found asleep Beneath a green hill’s side.
