The lady of shalott poem

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When I was in high school my family and I had the good fortune to meet a printer whose work we’d enjoyed for a number of years: APA printer Egdon Margo of Sherman Oaks, California. Known as Don to his friends, Margo was a professional calligrapher and private press printer with a quick wit, a love of letters, and a soft spot for helping budding printers and calligraphers get started. Don Margo told us he first got interested in calligraphy as a serviceman during the blitz in World War II…

Favorite Poem. . .this adds kindling to the word fire in my brain.

As I said yesterday, I have a sizeable collection of illustrated editions of Tennyson’s poems. Really, Mr Walker quite despairs. A recent addition was a collection called The Falling Splendour, edited by the poet George MacBeth, which I must admit I bought because the front cover was so gorgeous. I was delighted to find that it was illustrated throughout with the work of Robin Lawrie… I want to know more about Robin and his art, so imagine my delight when I was able to contact the man…

The lovely Elaine, the Fair Maid of Astolat, who died of unrequited love for Sir Lancelot du Lac. Immortalised in Tennyson's poem, The Lady of Shalott

First two verses of The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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The Lady of Shalott