Oscar Wilde

The Fisherman and His Soul

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  • artemlobachenkovhas quoted2 years ago
    and it was even as he had said to me
  • artemlobachenkovhas quoted2 years ago
    thou knowest not what thou sayest
  • artemlobachenkovhas quoted2 years ago
    called to her and prayed of her, but she would not
  • b4842881977has quoted5 years ago
    black-winged wind
  • b4842881977has quoted5 years ago
    threw his nets
  • Xeniya Dembrovskayahas quoted5 years ago
    And at noon he remembered how one of his companions, who was a gatherer of samphire, had told him of a certain young Witch who dwelt in a cave at the head of the bay and was very cunning in her witcheries. And he set to and ran, so eager was he to get rid of his soul, and a cloud of dust followed him as he sped round the sand of the shore. By the itching of her palm the young Witch knew his coming, and she laughed and let down her red hair. With her red hair falling around her, she stood at the opening of the cave, and in her hand she had a spray of wild hemlock that was blossoming.
    “What d’ye lack? What d’ye lack?” she cried, as he came panting up the steep, and bent down before her. “Fish for thy net, when the wind is foul? I have a little reed-pipe, and when I blow on it the mullet come sailing into the bay. But it has a price, pretty boy, it has a price. What d’ye lack? What d’ye lack? A storm to wreck the ships, and wash the chests of rich treasure ashore? I have more storms than the wind has, for I serve one who is stronger than the wind, and with a sieve
  • Xeniya Dembrovskayahas quoted5 years ago
    And at noon he remembered how one of his companions, who was a gatherer of samphire, had told him of a certain young Witch who dwelt in a cave at
  • Владимирhas quoted5 years ago
    She is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon
  • Владимирhas quoted5 years ago
    There is no thing more precious than a human soul, nor any earthly thing that can be weighed with it. It is worth all the gold that is in the world, and is more precious than the rubies of the kings.
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