...The rushes of the chamber floor. The moon shines dim in the open air, And not a moonbeam enters here. But they without its light can see The chamber carved...twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet. While Geraldine, in wretched plight, Sank down upon the floor below. 0 weary lady, Geraldine, I pray...

...The rushes of the chamber floor. The moon shines dim in the open air, And not a moonbeam enters here. But they without its light can see The chamber carved...strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain, 180 The lamp with twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet. The silver lamp burns dead and...

...enclosed, and lit by a curious lamp: The moon shines dim in the open air And not a moonbeam enters here. But they without its light can see The chamber carved...twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet. The silver lamp burns dead and dim; But Christabel the lamp will trim. She trimmed the lamp, and made...

...maiden-chamber of the psyche in which the disturbing unconscious simultaneously opens and closes: a "chamber carved so curiously, / Carved with figures...strange and sweet / All made out of the carver's brain" (172-74). This is "A sight [site] to dream of, not to tell." Its unreadability also marks it as a scene...

...this to continue: is there anything you'd like to hear LESS of? 46 Coleridge, Christabel, 1, 179-80: 'Carved with figures strange and sweet, / All made out of the carver's brain.' 47 Cockchafers are a coleopterous insect which come from the chrysalis late in May and fly with a whirring...