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All About Me
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Hello my name is Heidi, and I live in Wisconsin. I moved here in July of 99. I moved here from South Carolina. I am going to be going to school here. My major is going to be Radiology. Right now I am working at a hospital as a film/file clerk. | This page is about some things that I love the most in life. I love aniamls the most. I have a puppy named Taffy. She is part of my life so I wanted to show her off to people. I love art and poetry. I am going to show what my favorite painting and poem. And finally, I am going to show my family, which I love very much.
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Taffy
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Taffy is my baby. I saved her from an abusive home. She is so much part of my life. Taffy is part poodle and terrior. She also part something but cannot figure out. She is now seven months old. She can not do many tricks yet but soon she will be going to be school. | My family is also a big part in my life. There is my mom and my dad. My mom lives in South Carolina with my step dad, Jeff. My two step brothers live in South Carolina. They are Ricky and Brian. I live with my dad. My favorite cousin, Angie, lives close by me. She is my buddy and pretty cool. I also have lots of uncles, aunts and cousin. To many to name.
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Lady of Shalott
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My favorite painting is The Lady of Shalott by J.W. Waterhouse. I have other favorites from his work. The painting comes from one of my favorite poems. The Lady of Shalott was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Here is the poem of Lady of Shalott: | On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the world and meet the sky: And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot: And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro' the wave that runs for ever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot. Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space for flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott. By the margin, willow-veil'd Slide the heavy barges trail'd By slow horses: and unhail'd The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd Skimming down to Camelot. But who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen her stand? Or is she known in all the land, The Lady of Shalott? Only reapers, reaping early In among the bearded barley, Hear a song that echoes cheerly From the river winding clearly, Down the tower'd Camelot. And by the moon the reaper weary, Piling sheaves in uplands airy, Listening, whispers "tis the fairy The Lady of Shalott." There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colors gay. She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care heat she, The Lady of Shalott. And moving through a mirror clear That hangs before her all the year, Shadows of the world appear. There she sees the highway near Winding down to Camelot: There the river eddy whirls, And there the surly village- churls, And the red cloaks of market girls Pass onward from Shalott. Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, An abbot on an ambling pad, Sometimes a curly shepherd lad, Or long hair'd page in crimson clad, Goes by the tower'd Camelot. And through the mirror blue The knights come ridding two and two. She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott. But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror's magic sights, For often through the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, went to Camelot. Or when the moon was overhead, Came two young lovers lately wed; "I am half sick of shadows," said The Lady of Shalott. A bow-shot from her bower-eaves, He rode between the barley sheaves, The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves, And flamed upon the brazen greaves Of bold Sir Lancelot. A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd To a lady in his shield, That sparkled on the yellow field, Beside remote Shalott. The gemmy bridle glitter'd free, Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy. The bridle bells rang merrily As he rode down to Camelot. And from blazon'd baldric slung A mighty sliver bugle hung, And as he rode armor rung Beside remote Shalott. All in blue unclouded weather Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather, The helmet and the helmet-feather Burn'd like one burning flame together, As he rode down to Camelot. As often thro' the purple night, Below the starry clusters bright, Some bearded meteor, trailing light, Moves over still Shalott. His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd; On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode; From underneath his helmet flow'd His coal-black curls as on he rode, As he rode down to Camelot. From the bank and from the river He flashed into the crystal mirror, "Tirra lirra," by the river Sang Sir Lancelot. She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces through the room, She saw the helmet and the plume, She look'd down to Camelot. Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me, " cried The Lady of Shalott. In the stormy east-wind straining, The pale yellow woods were waning, The broad stream in his banks complaining. Heavily the low sky raining Over tower'd Camelot; Down she came and found a boat Beneath a willow left afloat, And round about the prow she wrote The Lady of Shalott. And down the river's dim expanse Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance-- With a glassy countenance Did she look to Camelot. And at the closing of the day She loosed the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Shalott. Lying, robed in snowy white That loosely flew to left and right-- The leaves upon her falling light-- Thro' the noises of the night, She floated down to Camelot; And as the boat-head wound along The willowy hills and fields among, They heard her singing her last song, The Lady of Shalott. Under tower and balcony, By garden-wall and gallery, A gleaming shape she floated by, Dead-pale between the houses high, Silent into Camelot. Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame, And around the prow they read her name, The Lady of Shalott. Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All the knights at Camelot; But Lancelot mused a little space He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott."
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