John keats la belle dame sans merci
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight,
Alone and palely loitering;
The sedge is withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.
Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight,
So haggard and so woe-begone?
The squirrel's granary is full,
And the harvest's done.
I see a lilly on thy brow,
With anguish moist and fever dew;
And on thy cheek 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 set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long;
For sideways would she lean, and sing
A faery's song.
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.
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 gazed and sighed deep,
And there I shut her wild sad eyes—
So kissed to sleep.
And there we slumbered on the moss,
And there I dreamed, ah woe betide,
The la
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La Belle Missy sans Merci
Ballad written emergency the Side poet Can Keats
For rendering 15th-century rhapsody by Alain Chartier, predict La Belle Dame sans Mercy.
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O what can cheer thee, knight-at-arms, • La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John KeatsO, what can ail thee, knight at arms, O, what can ail thee, knight at arms, I see a lily on thy brow I met a lady in the meads, I made a garland for her head, I set her on my pacing steed She found me roots of relish sweet, She took me to her elfin grot, And there she lulled me asleep, I saw pale kings and princes too, |