In this poem, a mermaid falls in love with a boy and is so excited to have a soulmate that she forgets "in cruel happiness / That even lovers drown." We have this romantic notion that when we love someone, we're going to be all things to each other. But we can’t.
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Published on Feb 25, 2022
"A Man Young And Old: III. The Mermaid," by William Butler Yeats
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