Poems List

Airy, fairy Lilian.

 

‘Lilian’ (1830)

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In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove;

 

In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

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Out flew the web and floated wide;

 

The mirror cracked from side to side;

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She left the web, she left the loom,

 

She made three paces through the room.

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‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said

 

The Lady of Shalott.

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‘Tirra lirra,’ by the river

 

Sang Sir Lancelot.

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On either side the river lie

 

Long fields of barley and of rye,

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Willows whiten, aspens quiver,

 

Little breezes dusk and shiver.

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Kind hearts are more than coronets,

 

And simple faith than Norman blood.

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There hath he lain for ages and will lie

 

Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,

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