Faith And The Muse - "The Sea Angler" lyrics

There was a gentle angler who was angling in the sea When suddenly the waters rushed and swelled and up there sprang With heart as cold as only heart untaught of love can be And leave them to die beneath the sun's all-scorching ray' A humid maid of beauty's mold, and thus to him she sang: "Why dost thou strive so artfully to lure my brood away Couldst thou but tell how happy are the fish that swim below' Thou wouldst with me taste of joy which earth can never know" And fancy whispered to his heart, it was a love pledge sweet Half-pulled, half-plunging down he sank, and ne'er was heard of more. She sang another siren lie, more 'witching than before The water rushed, the water swelled, and touched his naked feet