Where the Nereids Swim and Play

Where the Nereids swim and play
On golden sand there I lay
Under the sun, moon, and stars
My heart does look from afar.

Where the Nereids swim and play
On ship and sea I now stay
In the heat of summer’s June
And beneath the pale white moon.

Where the Nereids swim and play
I hear them sing as I lay
To cast my net and my heart
’Till no more I feel apart.

Where the Nereids swim and play
I sing and dance in the bay.
Now at last, that hour comes
I sink with the setting sun.

Paul Krause

Paul Krause is the Editor-in-Chief of VoegelinView. He is the author of many books, including: Sir Biscuit Butterworth and Other Short Stories, Poems, and Fables (Resource Publications, 2026), The Incredible Adventure of Passer the Sparrow (Resource Publications, 2025), Dante's Footsteps: Poems and Reflections on Poetry (Stone Tower Press, 2025), Muses of a Fire: Essays on Faith, Film, and Literature (Stone Tower Press, 2024), Finding Arcadia: Wisdom, Truth, and Love in the Classics (Academica Press, 2023), and The Odyssey of Love: A Christian Guide to the Great Books (Wipf and Stock, 2021). Educated at Baldwin Wallace University, Yale, and the University of Buckingham (UK) where he studied with Sir Roger Scruton, he is a frequent writer on the arts, classics, literature, religion, and politics for numerous newspapers, magazines, and journals. You can follow him on Twitter: Paul Krause.