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... fair Ettarre in the wood , and loved her ; but she had despised and mocked him . Then he would take no denial , and he asked tc be made a knight , that he might win a joust for her , and the King consented . When the new - made knight ...
... fair Ettarre in the wood , and loved her ; but she had despised and mocked him . Then he would take no denial , and he asked tc be made a knight , that he might win a joust for her , and the King consented . When the new - made knight ...
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... fair , | Elaine | the lov- | able , Elaine , the li - ly maid | of As - tolat . • - Lancelot and Elaine , 1-2 . It must be remembered that these lines merely show the normal line , or type , to which all the lines do not by any means ...
... fair , | Elaine | the lov- | able , Elaine , the li - ly maid | of As - tolat . • - Lancelot and Elaine , 1-2 . It must be remembered that these lines merely show the normal line , or type , to which all the lines do not by any means ...
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... fair , || Elaine the lovable , Elaine , || the lily maid of Astolat , High in her chamber || up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield || of Lancelot ; Which first she placed | where morning's earliest ray Might strike it ...
... fair , || Elaine the lovable , Elaine , || the lily maid of Astolat , High in her chamber || up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield || of Lancelot ; Which first she placed | where morning's earliest ray Might strike it ...
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... fair daughter , and none other child ; And she was fairest of all flesh on earth , Guinevere , and in her his one delight . For many a petty king ere Arthur came Ruled in this isle , and ever waging war Each upon other , wasted all the ...
... fair daughter , and none other child ; And she was fairest of all flesh on earth , Guinevere , and in her his one delight . For many a petty king ere Arthur came Ruled in this isle , and ever waging war Each upon other , wasted all the ...
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... fair queens , Who stood in silence near his throne , the friends Of Arthur , gazing on him , tall , with bright Sweet faces , who will help him at his need . And there I saw mage Merlin , whose vast wit And hundred winters are but as ...
... fair queens , Who stood in silence near his throne , the friends Of Arthur , gazing on him , tall , with bright Sweet faces , who will help him at his need . And there I saw mage Merlin , whose vast wit And hundred winters are but as ...
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Page 159 - The bare black cliff clang'd round him, as he based His feet on juts of slippery crag that rang Sharp-smitten with the dint of armed heels And on a sudden, lo! the level lake, And the long glories of the winter moon.
Page 156 - What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the water lapping on the crag, And the long ripple washing in the reeds.
Page 155 - What harm, undone ? Deep harm to disobey, Seeing obedience is the bond of rule. Were it well to obey then, if a king demand An act unprofitable, against himself? The King is sick, and knows not what he does. What record, or what relic of my lord, Should be to aftertime, but empty breath And rumors of a doubt?
Page 159 - And to the barge they came. There those three Queens Put forth their hands, and took the King, and wept. But she, that rose the tallest of them all And fairest, laid his head upon her lap, And loosed the...
Page 160 - But now the whole Round Table is dissolved Which was an image of the mighty world; And I, the last, go forth companionless, And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.
Page 155 - This is a shameful thing for men to lie. Yet now, I charge thee, quickly go again As thou art lief and dear, and do the thing I bade thee, watch, and lightly bring me word.
Page xiv - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honour his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her...
Page 189 - And more, my son! for more than once when I Sat all alone, revolving in myself The word that is the symbol of myself, The mortal limit of the Self was loosed, And past into the Nameless, as a cloud Melts into Heaven. I touch'd my limbs, the limbs Were strange not mine — and yet no shade of doubt, But utter clearness, and thro...
Page 153 - Excalibur, Which was my pride : for thou rememberest how In those old days, one summer noon, an arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, Holding the sword — and how I...
Page 124 - And four great zones of sculpture, set betwixt With many a mystic symbol, gird the hall : And in the lowest beasts are slaying men, And in the second men are slaying beasts, And on the third are warriors, perfect men, And on the fourth are men with growing wings...