English Romanticism - Liceo Quadri
English Romanticism - Liceo Quadri
English Romanticism - Liceo Quadri
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LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI<br />
(1819)<br />
This is a romantic ballad where the meeting between a knight<br />
and a beautiful lady becomes metaphor of illness and<br />
consummation. The title comes from an old French court<br />
poem by Alain Chartier (1385-1433).<br />
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,<br />
Alone and palely loitering?<br />
The sedge is wither'd from the lake,<br />
And no birds sing.<br />
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,<br />
So haggard and so woe-begone?<br />
The squirrel's granary is full,<br />
And the harvest's done.<br />
<strong>Liceo</strong> Statale “Don G. Fogazzaro” 54
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