The narrator is shocked at first, given that the squirrels have all finished their harvest, but we then learn how the speaker was given "honey wild, and manna dew."
Karen Swann describes this poem as a case of "harassing the muse," since we only hear one side of the story, and the title is taken from a poem by Alan Cartier. The narrator is shocked at first, given that the squirrels have all finished their harvest, but we then learn how the speaker was given "honey wild, and manna dew." The titular character sings "a faery's song" and takes the speaker to an "elfin grot." The speaker then falls asleep and dreams of "death-pale" figures who warn him that he has been tricked, and the poem opens with the aforementioned narrator asking what bothers the "knight-at-arms." FTP, name this ballad centering on a seductive woman who deserts a knight after their brief encounter, a work by John Keats.
Karen Swann describes this poem as a case of "harassing the muse," since we only hear one side of the story, and the title is taken from a poem by Alan Cartier.
“La {Belle Dame Sans Merci}”