They hear her singing a song that echoes happily down the river to Camelot. It seems that only the people who gather the grain in the fields ("the reapers") notice a sign of the Lady.Only reapers, reaping early In among the bearded barley, Hear a song that echoes cheerly From the river winding clearly, Down to towered Camelot: But has anyone, the speaker wonders, seen the Lady of Shalott wave her hand, or seen her standing at her window ("casement" is just an old-fashioned word for window)? In fact, he wonders, does anyone in the land know her at all? Apparently she's an invisible mystery, this lady.Basically, lots of people pass up and down the river, traveling on it and using the path beside it.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?
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