"was she oak-wood or cedar?
had she been cut from an awkward block
of ship-wood at the ship-builders,
and afterwards riveted there,
or had the prow itself been shaped
to her mermaid body,
curved to her mermaid hair?
was there a dash of paint
in the beginning, in the garment-fold,
did the blue afterwards wear away?
did they re-touch her arms, her shoulders?
did anyone touch her ever?
Had she other zealot and lover,
or did he alone worship her?
did she wear a girdle of sea-weed"
// Helen in Egypt, Eidolon, Book III: 4
H. D. (1886 – 1961)//
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Under the Stars
FanfictionOn her sixteenth birthday, Hermione Granger learns a secret, one that only her parents know. She is a mermaid. Returning for her sixth year at Hogwarts, Hermione tries to have a normal life as a witch and a mermaid. One night though, in her mermaid...
