American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . The Dead Lady. Drawn by Taylor. Helpless in her great despair) Smoothing back her yellow hair, He kissed her icy brows ; unwound His rough arms, and she fell to the ground. The artists drawing of the lady lying dead and white on the floor, with the dark figureof the Earl standing over her in the light of the half-opened casement, is full of The Earls Rage. Drawn by Taylor. Then the verse goes on to tell how they buried her by the sea-shore, and, after years had gone by, the Earl took to himself another wife, and t
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . The Dead Lady. Drawn by Taylor. Helpless in her great despair) Smoothing back her yellow hair, He kissed her icy brows ; unwound His rough arms, and she fell to the ground. The artists drawing of the lady lying dead and white on the floor, with the dark figureof the Earl standing over her in the light of the half-opened casement, is full of The Earls Rage. Drawn by Taylor. Then the verse goes on to tell how they buried her by the sea-shore, and, after years had gone by, the Earl took to himself another wife, and then one day a strange minstrel came over the sea — And paused by the pale-faced Ladys grave. They bade him enter, and then, in the great hall, as he sang to them of his lost love untilevery ear was enchanted, the fire and the foeman came together, and soon the castle-wallslay in blackened ruins, and the Earl and the stranger both were gone. 3io AMERICAN ART 1 Of the Earl, in truth, the Seneschal swore(And over the ocean this tale he bore)That when, as he fled on that last wild night,He had gained the other side of the moat,Dripping, he shook off his wet leathern coat,And turning round beheld, from basementTo cope, the castle swathed in light,And, revealed in the glare through my Ladys casement,He saw, or dreamed he saw, this sight, —
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