―The Lady of Shalott―

There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say，
A curse is on her if she stay
　　　　　To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be，
And so she weaveth steadily，
And little other care hath she，
　　　　　The Lady of Shalott.

And moving thro’ a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year，
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
　　　　　Winding down to Camelot:
There the river eddy whirls，
And there the surly village-churls，
And the red cloaks of market girls，
　　　　　Pass onward from Shalott.

She left the web， she left the loom，
She made three paces thro’ the room，
She saw the water-lily bloom，
She saw the helmet and the plume，
　　　　　She look’d down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack’d from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me，" cried
　　　　　The Lady of Shalott.

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;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat，
And round about the prow she wrote
　　　　　The Lady of Shalott.

And down the river’s dim expanse -
Like some bold seer in a trance，
Seeing all his own mischance -
With a glassy countenance
　　　　　Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain， and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away，
　　　　　The Lady of Shalott.

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.

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
The first house by the water-side，
Singing in her song she died，
　　　　　The Lady of Shalott.