Arthurian Miscellany: For All Ladies of Shalott, by Aline Kilmer [1921]

Sacred Texts Legends/Sagas England Index Previous Next An Arthurian Miscellany FOR ALL LADIES OF SHALOTT by ALINE KILMER The web flew out and floated wide. Poor lady! I was with her then. She gathered up her piteous pride, But she could never weave again. The mirror cracked from side to side; I saw its silver shadows go. "The curse has come on me!" she cried. Poor lady! I had told her so. She was so proud: she would not hide. She only laughed and tried to sing. But singing, in her song she died. She did not profit anything. Next: A Legend of Tintagel Castle, by Letitia Elizabeth Landon [1833]