title: The Lady of Shalott (Visions in Poetry)
author: Alfred  Lord Tennyson
description: A classic poem, in an unconventional but sensitive and suitable setting.<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br /><br />[L]impid and lovely.<b><i>The Globe and Mail</b></i><br /><br />Though the poem traditionally takes us on a woman's tragic journey toward death, the artist sees it as a happy journey toward independence.<b><i>Washington Post</b></i><br /><br />Fans will be born of both Tennyson and Cote.<b><i>School Library Journal</b></i><br /><br />Cote's quiet line-and-watercolor and pastel artwork opens up the story, preserving the romance and mystery.<b><i>Booklist</b></i>
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  THE LADY OF SHALOTT
  
  
    
    
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  ](THE%20LADY%20OF%20SHALOTT%20%281832%29_split_001.html#filepos1721)[PART II  
    
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  ](THE%20LADY%20OF%20SHALOTT%20%281832%29_split_001.html#filepos5067)[PART IV
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # THE LADY OF SHALOTT (1832)
  
  
  ### ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
  
  
  
  
  
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  * PART I 
  
  
  * PART II 
  
  
  * PART III 
  
  
  * PART IV 
  
  
  
  
  
  ### PART I
  
  
  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 runs by
  
  
  To many-tower'd Camelot;
  
  
  The yellow-leaved waterlily
  
  
  The green-sheathed daffodilly
  
  
  Tremble in the water chilly
  
  
  Round about Shalott.
  
  
  Willows whiten, aspens shiver.
  
  
  The sunbeam showers break and quiver
  
  
  In the stream that r