And when his courtiers came, they found him there

Kneeling upon the floor, absorbed in silent prayer.

FOOTNOTE:

[8] Used by permission of, and special arrangement with, Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., authorized publishers of his works.


THE LADY OF SHALOTT

Alfred Lord Tennyson

PART I

On either side the river lie

Long fields of barley and of rye,