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The Little Mermaid: A Theatrical Divertissement after the Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen

by Marguerite Yourcenar



their heart is their only abyss


In the presence of my Prince, I could no more not smile than water not reflect the sun to the sun. Come! My mind's made up. Eat my voice. Get your knife ready!


Remember love; the heart is dust so soon.


Hold me against your heart to sleep.


[...] The freedom [...] and the carefree existence of a man sleeping at the crossroads of the future.


each kiss given by perishable lips is stronger than death.


I feel naive as a child, tongue-tied as a schoolboy, empty-handed as a slave, perhaps because in one day, I accept my role as man and as king.


I thought I brought you my crown but what can I bring a swan, only water and sky?


Kill! Let that lukewarm juice they call their blood flow on your absurd feet!