Lying, robed in snowy white
That loosely flew to left and right--
The leaves upon her falling light--
Thro' the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot:
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.
The Lady of Shalott
Alfred Lord Tennyson
That loosely flew to left and right--
The leaves upon her falling light--
Thro' the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot:
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.
The Lady of Shalott
Alfred Lord Tennyson
You can also read the rest of "The Lady of Shalott" here:
This was painted by John William Waterhouse in 1888, not Edmund Blair Leighton.
ReplyDeleteOh dear.....I feel like an idiot now. When I posted it I just found it by searching around on the internet. I was thinking somebody else had painted it but either I got confused or somebody else thought it was by E.B.L. too.
ReplyDeletethanks for telling me though!
Ya no problem :) Since you like Edmund Blair so much you should look at Waterhouse. I am a Christian and Medieval fanatic too and Waterhouse is my favorite artist. And not even knowing it, Edmund Blair is one of my favorites too. I always loved looking at some of his paintings, I just never knew the artist till today :)
ReplyDeleteThis picture is a depiction of a sad and visibly anxious woman in a boat that appears to drift downstream. Read more about this in my essay The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse
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