The River God and the Damsel

"I'm no man; I'm no kind Let me pass, we're passersby", muttered the River god. "Thine necklace of gold and diamond bracelets Sparkleth my eyes Like the stars awakened in the morning bliss. Withhold not thine gold and diamond, Shall I be thine delight whence the sun is drown upon the black sea!" Bespoke him in regal aura: "The grasses and sand, mortal's abode Therein the Nile, my castle of many gold smileth ashore". Speakest her so meek as the piano: "I'm beauteous as the lilies by the blissful orchard, Comely as the peacock, a million eyes glare! Lookest thou away, art thou a mean man? " Then intoned the River god: "Ferry with me!" Thence appeared a golden steed And charioted them into the Nile. Alack! Neither was the castle nor gold. "Oh River god, River god! Thou art my glee and my eternal doom!" Therein, she was swallowed by the Nile!