MERMAN AND MERMAID.
(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)
Scene 2. — In the Vapor World.
KING REIGNALL.
(Supreme Ruler of spirits)
I am King Reignall.
How came you here?
What seekest thou?
No living mortal
From the lower world,
Has ever entered this sacred sphere.
Now tell me, what is your object here?
OWONDLO.
Oh wondrous King Reignall,
'Twas with a monster ship
That we had sunk
To the depths of ocean life,
Where curious fish had lain await,
And swallowed us for bait.
OWONDLO AND FLEEHION.
Yes, swallowed us for bait,
After a lapse of time
We were transformed.
Perhaps by magic,
Perhaps by magic,
Behold our tails
And water breathing gills.
KING REIGNALL.
Quite strange indeed.
OWONDLO.
'Twas with enemies I fought
With my trusty sword,
That severed a fish
And brought to life
This beautiful Mermaid,
Who I proclaimed my wife.
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