II
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of The Sleeping Beauty
The silk starbraided coverlid
Unto her limbs itself doth mould
Languidly ever, and amid
Her full black ringlets downward rolled
Glows forth each softly-shadowed arm,
With bracelets of the diamond bright;
Her constant beauty doth inform
Stillness with love and day with light.