La Belle Dam sans Merci - John Keats

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La Belle Dam sans Merci
by John Keats
read by Sean Barrett


O, what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither'd 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 lilly 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 her head,
And bracelets too, and fragrant zone;
She look'd at me as she did love,
And made sweet moan.

I set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long;
For sidelong would she bend, and sing
A faery's song.

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 wept and sigh'd full sore,
And there I shut her wild wild eyes
With kisses four.

And there she lulled me asleep
And there I dream'd- Ah! woe betide!
The latest dream I ever dream'd
On the cold hill side.

I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried- "La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!"

I saw their starv'd lips in the gloam,
With horrid warning gaped wide,
And I awoke and found me here,
On the cold hill's side.

And this is why I sojourn here
Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge has wither'd from the lake,
And no birds sing.

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[Pooknottin]

A bad reading. His voice is harsh and lacks feeling.

[Eddtastic100]

@The2goofygirls im pretty sure its interesting.

[Beatmyguest001]

There are three possible interpretations. She's evil and lures him into a faery realm that will suck the life out of him. Or; he's dominating her and taking away all that makes her natural and pure. OR that they are both genuinley in love but she saves him by placing him away from the faery realm which will kill him. And he forever lingers on the ''cold hill side'' waiting for her, while she resides in the realm of the faeries. What's your favourite interpretation? Mine's the melancholic latter.

[The2goofygirls]

so intersting...



[JoachimderZweite]

This poem is always so beautiful.

[spiritofthepines]

Love is a curse I have started to think.

[shinajkr]

it pricked my heart!!!!!!!!!!!

[ifuliki]

........girls and boys; the pleasure/pain that so often accompanies a deep love.

Aled

[tljeffers]

A remarkably expressive reading!

[galisuman]

its not just a poem i think its a curse for all the heart less girls.....