# Book VII explained — Ben Hur

> Chapter companion for Ben Hur by Lew Wallace.

## What happens

This chapter continues the narrative with poetic imagery, though specific plot details from the provided excerpts are limited.

## Key lines

> And, waking, I beheld her there Sea-dreaming in the moted air, A siren lithe and debonair, With wristlets woven of scarlet weeds, And oblong lucent amber beads Of sea-kelp shining in her hair.

Upon waking, I saw her lying there, dreaming of the sea in the dusty air, a graceful and charming siren, wearing bracelets made of scarlet seaweed and long, translucent amber beads of sea-kelp that glistened in her hair.

_The poem evokes a dreamlike, mythical encounter with a siren-like figure._

## Links

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