then nevertheless did a boy , ausir , beg him to tell more of ships and the sea , saying : 'for knowest thou not , 0 eriol , that that ancient mariner beside the lonely sea was none other than ulmo 's self , who appeareth not seldom thus to those voyagers whom he loves -- yet he who has spoken with ulmo must have many a tale to tell that will not be stale in the ears even of those that dwell here in kortirion . '