She gave a low and delighted chuckle. Her eyes were black as a moonless December night and reflected the electric lights like stars.

Elizabeth Wein
She gave a low and delighted chuckle. Her eyes were...
She gave a low and delighted chuckle. Her eyes were...
She gave a low and delighted chuckle. Her eyes were...
She gave a low and delighted chuckle. Her eyes were...
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This is the opening line of the poem, "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem is about the Lady of Shalott who looks out of her window and sees a knight on horseback riding towards her. She is so taken with the knight's appearance that she doesn't notice he has fallen off his horse and is dying.

Source: The Pearl Thief

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