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Loreena McKennitt - The Lark In The Clear Air Lyrics

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  • Music by Loreena McKennitt
  • Lyrics by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1843)
  • On either side the river lie
  • Long fields of barley and of rye,
  • That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
  • And thro' the field the road run by
  • To many-towered Camelot;
  • And up and 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 and shiver
  • Thro' the wave that runs for ever
  • By the 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 OF SHALOTT.
  • Only reapers, reaping early,
  • In among the beared barley
  • Hear a song that echoes cheerly
  • From the river winding clearly;
  • Down to tower'd Camelot;
  • And by the moon the reaper weary,
  • Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
  • Listening, whispers ''tis the fairy
  • THE LADY OF SHALOTT.'
  • There she weaves by night and day
  • A magic web with colours gay.
  • She has heard a whisper say,
  • A curse is on her if she stay
  • To look down to Camelot.
  • She knows not what the curse may be,
  • And so she weaveth steadily,
  • And little other care heat she,
  • THE LADY OF SHALOTT.
  • And moving through a mirror clear
  • That hangs before her all the year,
  • Shadows of the world appear.
  • There she sees the highway near
  • Winding down to Camelot;
  • And sometimes thro' the mirror blue
  • The knights come riding two and two.
  • She hath no loyal Knight and true,
  • THE LADY OF SHALOTT.
  • But in her web she still delights
  • To weave the mirror's magic sights,
  • For often thro' the silent nights
  • A funeral, with plumes and

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