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To: Perseverando

I believe that is the “Lady of Shalott” rather than the Lady of the Lake. She is sitting on the tapestry which she made because she couldn’t leave her room or look out the window. She had to look at life through a mirror. Interesting tale and story. This is the last painting of her before she is found dead in the boat Sir Lancelot.

...But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said, “She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott.”


2 posted on 08/07/2019 1:01:06 PM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Portcall24

Right you are and I’m happy that I read the comments before posting what YOU did.


3 posted on 08/07/2019 1:11:51 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Portcall24

Indeed. Had that been the Lady of the Lake her arms would be clad in shimmering samite!


4 posted on 08/07/2019 3:21:27 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Portcall24

IMHO, one of the most beautiful, lyrical poems in the English language. Loreena McKennitt set it beautifully to music.


5 posted on 08/07/2019 3:24:24 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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