Quotation by Alfred Tennyson

But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."
Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892), British poet. The Lady of Shalott, pt. 4, st. 6 (1832, rev. 1842).

Last lines of the poem: spoken of the dead Lady of Shalott, who invoked a curse by gazing upon Lancelot, unbeknown to him.
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