_ She will be as
dangerous
as a wild cat.
Yeats
The ever-living have kept
my bargain; they have paid you on the nail.
_Aibric. _ Take up that rope to make her fast while we are plundering
her.
_First Sailor. _ There is a king on her deck, and a queen. Where there
is one woman it is certain there will be others.
_Aibric. _ Speak lower or they'll hear.
_First Sailor. _ They cannot hear; they are too much taken up with one
another. Look! he has stooped down and kissed her on the lips.
_Second Sailor. _ When she finds out we have as good men aboard she may
not be too sorry in the end.
_First Sailor.
_ She will be as dangerous as a wild cat. These queens
think more of the riches and the great name they get by marriage than
of a ready hand and a strong body.
_Second Sailor. _ There is nobody is natural but a robber. That is the
reason the whole world goes tottering about upon its bandy legs.
_Aibric. _ Run upon them now, and overpower the crew while yet asleep.
[Sailors _and AIBRIC go out_. _The clashing of swords
and confused voices are heard from the other ship,
which cannot be seen because of the sail. _
_Forgael_ [_who has remained at the tiller_].
There! there! They come! Gull, gannet, or diver,
But with a man's head, or a fair woman's.
They hover over the masthead awhile
To wait their friends, but when their friends have come
They'll fly upon that secret way of theirs,
One--and one--a couple--five together.
And now they all wheel suddenly and fly
To the other side, and higher in the air,
They've gone up thither, friend's run up by friend;
They've gone to their beloved ones in the air,
In the waste of the high air, that they may wander
Among the windy meadows of the dawn.
my bargain; they have paid you on the nail.
_Aibric. _ Take up that rope to make her fast while we are plundering
her.
_First Sailor. _ There is a king on her deck, and a queen. Where there
is one woman it is certain there will be others.
_Aibric. _ Speak lower or they'll hear.
_First Sailor. _ They cannot hear; they are too much taken up with one
another. Look! he has stooped down and kissed her on the lips.
_Second Sailor. _ When she finds out we have as good men aboard she may
not be too sorry in the end.
_First Sailor.
_ She will be as dangerous as a wild cat. These queens
think more of the riches and the great name they get by marriage than
of a ready hand and a strong body.
_Second Sailor. _ There is nobody is natural but a robber. That is the
reason the whole world goes tottering about upon its bandy legs.
_Aibric. _ Run upon them now, and overpower the crew while yet asleep.
[Sailors _and AIBRIC go out_. _The clashing of swords
and confused voices are heard from the other ship,
which cannot be seen because of the sail. _
_Forgael_ [_who has remained at the tiller_].
There! there! They come! Gull, gannet, or diver,
But with a man's head, or a fair woman's.
They hover over the masthead awhile
To wait their friends, but when their friends have come
They'll fly upon that secret way of theirs,
One--and one--a couple--five together.
And now they all wheel suddenly and fly
To the other side, and higher in the air,
They've gone up thither, friend's run up by friend;
They've gone to their beloved ones in the air,
In the waste of the high air, that they may wander
Among the windy meadows of the dawn.
