Lying, robed in snowy white That loosely flew to left and right- 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. Heard a carol, mournful, holy, Chanted loudly, chanted lowly, Till her blood was frozen slowly, And her eyes were darken'd wholly, Turn'd to tower'd Camelot ; For ere she reach'd upon the tide Singing in her song she died, The Lady of Shalott. Under tower and balcony, By garden-wall and gallery, A gleaming shape she floated by, A corse between the houses high, Silent into Camelot. Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame, And round the prow they read her name, The Lady of Shalott. Who is this? and what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they cross'd themselves for fear, All the knights at Camelot : But Lancelot mused a little space; He said, "She has a lovely face MARIANA IN THE SOUTH. I. WITH One black shadow at its feet, The house thro' all the level shines, And shallows on a distant shore, In glaring sand and inlets bright. But Ave Mary," made she moan, To live forgotten, and love forlorn." From brow and bosom slowly down Thro' rosy taper fingers drew Her streaming curls of deepest brown To left and right, and made appear, Still-lighted in a secret shrine, Her melancholy eyes divine, The home of woe without a tear. And Ave Mary," was her moan, 66 Madonna, sad is night and morn ;' 77 And "Ah,' she sang, "to be all alone, To live forgotten, and love forlorn." III. Till all the crimson changed, and past Low on her knees herself she cast, Before Our Lady murmur'd she ; Complaining," Mother, give me grace To help me of my weary load." And on the liquid mirror glow'd The clear perfection of her face. 66 Is this the form," she made her moan, “That won his praises night and morn?” And " Ah," she said, "but I wake alone, I sleep forgotten, I wake forlorn." IV. Nor bird would sing, nor lamb would bleat, But day increased from heat to heat, Till now at noon she slept again, And seem'd knee-deep in mountain grass, And runlets babbling down the glen. She breathed in sleep a lower moan, |