In the 18th stanza of this ballad, the title character tells the reader that she and her lover long for the groves "Where the lady Mary is, //
In the 18th stanza of this ballad, the title character tells the reader that she and her lover long for the groves "Where the lady Mary is, // With her five handmaidens, whose names // Are five sweet symphonies." The poem, which was first published in the Germ, describes the central character, "Her eyes were deeper than the depth // Of waters still'd at even; // She had three lilies in her hand, // And the stars in her hair were seven." Written according to its author as a sequel to Poe's Raven --for 10 points-- name this ballad and best known literary work of Dante Gabriel Rosetti.
In the 18th stanza of this ballad, the title character tells the reader that she and her lover long for the groves "Where the lady Mary is, //
{“Blessed Damozel”}