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Songs For Every Book

Songs for Every Book: The Little Mermaid

Aubrey Leaman

This is how I imagine the little mermaid must have felt towards the prince:

 

Compass by Zella Day:

“Compass point you home, calling out from the east
Compass point you anywhere closer to me
If we make it out alive from the depths of the sea
Compass point you anywhere closer to me”

A heartbreaking song for a heartbreaking story.

Songs For Every Book

Songs For Every Book: Ophelia From Hamlet

Aubrey Leaman


 
HAMLET: I did love you once.
OPHELIA: Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so.
HAMLET: You should not have believed me; for virtue cannot
so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of
it: I loved you not.
OPHELIA: I was the more deceived.
…
O, help him, you sweet heavens!
–Act III, scene i
 

1965 by Zella Day

“Can we go back to the world we had?
With a love so sweet it makes me sad
Can we go back to the world we had?
It’s the world we’ve been dreaming of.”