...CHAPTER XIV. MEDITATIONS. ' Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver, Through the wave that runs for ever, By the island in the river — Flowing down to Camelot.' TENNYSON. FLORA CAVENDISH having carried off Sir George to see a neighbouring farm, under pretence...

...down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk...isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott. By the margin, willow-veil' d, Slide the heavy barges trail' d By slow horses ; and unhail'd The shallop flitteth...

...Examples. "Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro' the wave that runs forever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot....towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle embowers The Lady of Shalott." — Tennyson. "Weep, my jEschylus, But low and far, upon Sicilian shores...

...Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro' the wave that runs forever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot....Slide the heavy barges trail'd By slow horses ; and nnhail'd The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd Skimming down to Camelot: But who hath seen her wave her...

...Shalott": Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro" the wave that runs forever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot....And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott. How exquisite is the word " whiten " to describe the turning of the long willow leaves in the wind,...

...Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro' the wave that runs forever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot....the margin, willow-veil'd, Slide the heavy barges trail 'd By slow horses ; and unhail'd The shallop fiitteth silken-sail'd Skimming down to Camelot...

...there is only one stanza in the whole poem in which the other verses are irregular throughout:— " Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk...towers Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle embowers The Lady of Shalott." " But who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen her stand...

...and shiver Thro1 the wave that runs forever By i ¡i"- island in the river Flowing down to CameloL Four gray walls, and four gray towers. Overlook a space of flowers. And the silent isle imbowere The Lady of Shalott. By the margin, wIllow-vellM, Slide the heavy barges trail'd By slow horses...

...below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Through the wave that runs for ever By the island in the river...towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle embowers The Lady of Shalott. By the margin, willow-veiled, Slide the heavy barges trailed By slow...

...the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott." " Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk...island in the river Flowing down to Camelot. Four grey walls and four grey towers Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady...