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I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful, a faery’s child; Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. I set her on my pacing steed, And nothing else saw all day long; For sideways would she lean, and sing A faery’s song.
I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful, a faery’s child; Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. I set her on my pacing steed, And nothing else saw all day long; For sideways would she lean, and sing A faery’s song.
Approximate author period: c. 1808 AD · industrial
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- John Keats
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- Approximate author period: c. 1808 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 271 · printed citation: Keats (La Belle Dame sans Merci). · compiler notes excluded
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