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2004-10-18 11:13 AM Poem Time! Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Contemplative Read/Post Comments (2) La Belle Dam Sans Merci
O what can ail thee knight at arms alone and palely loitering? The sedge has witherd from the lake and no birds sing O what can ail thee knight at arms so haggard and woebegone? The squirrel's granary is full and the harvests done I see a lily on thy brow with anguish moist and fever dew and on thy cheeks a fading rose fast withereth too I met a lady in the meads Full beautiful - a faery's child her hair was long, her foot was light and her eyes were wild I made a garland for her head and bracelets too and fragrant zone she looked at me as she did love and made sweet moan I sat her on my pacing steed and nothing else saw all day long For sidelong would she bend and sing A faery's song She found me roots of relish sweet And honey wild, and manna dew And sure in language strange she said 'I love thee true' She took me to her elfin grot and there she wept and sighed full sore And there I shut her wild wild eyes with kisses four And there she lulled me asleep and there I dreamed Ah woe betide! The latest dream I ever dreamt on the cold hillside I saw pale kings and princes too Pale warriors, death pale were they all They cried 'La Belle Dam Sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!' I saw their starv'd lips in the gloam with horrid warning gaped wide And I awoke and found me here on the cold hillside And this is why I soujourn here alone and palely loitering Though the sedge has withered from the lake and no birds sing. -- John Keats Jenn started it. Read/Post Comments (2) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top |
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