“She clad herself in a russet gown,She was no longer Lady Clare:She went by dale, and she went by down,With a single rose in her hair.The lily-white doe Lord Ronald had broughtLeapt up from where she lay.Dropped her head in the maiden's hand.And followed her all the way.”Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lady ClareLady Clare (1842)
“If I come dressed like a village maid,I am but as my fortunes are:I am a beggar born," she said,"And not the Lady Clare.”Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lady ClareLady Clare (1842)
“If you are not the heiress born,And I," said he, "the lawful heir,We two will wed to-morrow morn,And you shall still be Lady Clare.”Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lady ClareLady Clare (1842)
“"He does not love me for my birthNor for my lands so broad and fair;He loves me for my own true worth,And that is well," said Lady Clare.”Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lady ClareLady Clare (1842)
“It was the time when lilies blow,And clouds are highest up in air.Lord Ronald brought a lily-white doeTo give his cousin, Lady Clare.”Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lady ClareLady Clare (1842)
“"If I'm a beggar born," she said"I will speak out, for I dare not lie,Pull off, pull off the brooch of gold,And fling the diamond necklace by.""Nay now, my child," said Alice the nurse,"But keep the secret all you can."She said, "Not so; but I will knowIf there be any faith in man".”Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lady ClareLady Clare (1842)
