Loreena McKennitt: the lady of Shalott

"The Lady of Shalott" is a Victorian poem or ballad by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (18091892). Like his other early poems "Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere" and "Galahad" the poem recasts Arthurian subject matter loosely based on medieval sources. In this case the ballad is sung by Loreena McKennitt with her beautiful voice.

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• Loreena McKennitt
• lady of Shalott
• irish
• celtic
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• Lancelot
• Lord Tennyson

[KertariWhitpaw]

My English Teacher played this in our class and it instantly became our class song. Now that I'm studying to become an English Teacher myself, I can hardly wait to show my own classes this song.

[MsDovewings]

the best song I`ve ever heard: the voice carries you above everything.

[terrybeaton]

@Mellisa582010 After hearing your argument in your response to yourself I guess I agree with your main points. It's never a bad thing to look deeper into all types of Literature and Religous writings. You appear to have a very open mind. My Apologies.

[Mellisa582010]

@Mellisa582010 After the Albigensian crusade we Gnostics went underground for centuries while hiding our wisdom right out in the open i.e. the Tarot, The Arthur cycle, fairy tales, folk tales, art (tapestry) and literature. There is nothing wrong in finding morals, insights & meaning in poetry, prose, art, fairy tales or anywhere else, the pleasure I find in looking for the the deepest meanings of these, only enhances my love of them.

[Mellisa582010]

@terrybeaton LOTR is a Roman Catholic Myth - Tolkien, himself, said so in a letter of a priest... So Lord of the Rings is not a pagan myth - Gandalf, Aragorn & Frodo are all Christlike attributes - its a Christian, & yes, Christians do have myths! My mother, an Italian told me of many that go back centuries, all away to the arrival of Christianity in Italy. As for the bible, I am not a mainstream Christian, My favorite gospel is as the very Gnostic "Gospel if St. Thomas!

[terrybeaton]

@Mellisa582010 Tennyson was a 'Romantic' era poet. The Romantics looked to nature, it's beauty and mystery, for a sense of Spiritualism. Here he uses the Arthurian imagery and more than a bit of Pagan references to Fairies and Magic to cast this poetic spell. It's got about as much to do with Christianity as Elves and Witches. It's closer to Lord of the Rings than the Bible. If you can't enjoy it without moralizing about it, you should read the Bible more, and Literature a bit less. Just sayin'.

[CesMorMar]

Maravilloso tema principal para una película como Léolo, de J.-C. Lauzon, no menos maravillosa y terrible.

[Lamadriver1948]

I love Loreena's musical version of this poem and never tire of listening to it. Her song inspired me to write a short story, Shallot Revisted. I entered it in a literary contest and won second place... it was the first contest I ever entered. Thank you both Alfred Lord Tennyson and Loreena McKennitt.

[TheLittleStarlight]

This is absolutely beautiful, I just learned this poem a few weeks ago, and I wish I had found this song before. Thank you very much for sharing this beauty to us :-)

[SOKA6173]

AS ALWAYS INCREDIBLE LOVELY LOREENA... U MAKE ME CRY LIKE A BABY....

STACEY GOLDBERG HALE

[shogunrommel]

My literature professor played this in class. At 9:25am and not being a morning person, it wasn't easy staying awake with such a long, soothing song playing.

[NenadlPopovic]

This is BEAUTIFUL