Inner Light Arts Blog — La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci; an artist's life
collage John Keats poet La Belle Dame sans Merci pre-raphaelite art
kristena briem-westO what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has withered from the lake, And no birds sing. O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, So haggard and so woe-begone? The squirrel’s granary is full, And the harvest’s done. I see a lily on thy brow, With anguish moist and fever-dew, And on thy cheeks 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 made a garland for...