The Lady of Shalott (1832)
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Part IV
In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower'd Camelot;
Outside the isle a shallow boat
Beneath a willow lay afloat,
Below the carven stern she wrote,
The Lady of Shalott.
A cloudwhite crown of pearl she dight,
All raimented in snowy white
That loosely flew (her zone in sight
Clasp'd with one blinding diamond bright)
Her wide eyes fix'd on Camelot,
Though the squally east-wind keenly
Blew, with folded arms serenely
By the water stood the queenly
Lady of Shalott.
With a steady stony glance—
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Beholding all his own mischance,
Mute, with a glassy countenance—
She look'd down to Camelot.
It was the closing of the day:
She loos'd the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.
As when to sailors while they roam,
By creeks and outfalls far from home,
Rising and dropping with the foam,
From dying swans wild warblings come,
Blown shoreward; so to Camelot
Still as the boathead wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her chanting her deathsong,
The Lady of Shalott.
A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy,
She chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her eyes were darken'd wholly,
And her smooth face sharpen'd slowly,
Turn'd to tower'd Camelot:
For ere she reach'd upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.
Under tower and balcony,
By garden wall and gallery,
A pale, pale corpse she floated by,
Deadcold, between the houses high,
Dead into tower'd Camelot.
Knight and burgher, lord and dame,
To the planked wharfage came:
Below the stern they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.
They cross'd themselves, their stars they blest,
Knight, minstrel, abbot, squire, and guest.
There lay a parchment on her breast,
That puzzled more than all the rest,
The wellfed wits at Camelot.
'The web was woven curiously,
The charm is broken utterly,
Draw near and fear not,—this is I,
The Lady of Shalott.'
!!!SMD!! Silvan Moon Designs - (Lady of Shalot Gown Collection)
is for Fantasy Faire 2018. The Fantasy Faire dates are: April 19-29. This collection has 8 colors!
Set Includes:
Fitted
Hourglass
Maitreya
Slink
Alpha
!Lumae - Catwa - Neoma -T4//Ostara
Available at Ostara's Altar March 16th - April 3rd Neoma CATWA Skin available in 3 Tones ( 4 , 5 and 6 ) Includes head and body appliers, plus shapes. Also includes the 5L Easter Egg Hunt item which is a mini pack of glossy lipsticks for Catwa.
Set Includes:
Catwa - Neoma - Hud
Body Hud 2018//T4
Pose Used: Mr' P's Sleeping Poses
Decor Used:
Air - Flower Lantern - Water Lillies
*The Cove* - Rapunzel Boat
Photo Location - Ippos Pegasoi
I am Wearing:
Body: Maitreya Lara Bento Mesh Body (Maitreya)
Head: Catwa Lilo Bento Mesh Head (Catwa)
Hair: Nani - Cherry Bloom - Blossom Hair Rare (Arcade)
