A Fragment of a Lady's Destiny

 

John William Waterhouse - Destiny 1900

“A reflection bid from the sea,
to break her quiet revelry.
Might that now she dare dream free,
and drink therewith her destiny?
A life of shadows not.
Within her bosom courage grew,
upon her lips the chalice blue,
beyond the arch her gaze doth flew.
The Lady of Shalott.”


Inspired by Tennyson
Contributed by Patrick Webb