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... Brothers . The present Lord Tennyson says that the poems were really written by the three brothers , Frederick , Charles , and Alfred . 1828 , Feb. 20 He and his brother Charles went to Trinity College , Cambridge , where Frederick was ...
... Brothers . The present Lord Tennyson says that the poems were really written by the three brothers , Frederick , Charles , and Alfred . 1828 , Feb. 20 He and his brother Charles went to Trinity College , Cambridge , where Frederick was ...
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... brothers , Balin and Balan , sat by a fountain near to Camelot . Here they overthrew every knight that came against ... brother Balan had followed , bearing on his shield the crown of Queen Guinevere as his coat of arms . Soon he met ...
... brothers , Balin and Balan , sat by a fountain near to Camelot . Here they overthrew every knight that came against ... brother Balan had followed , bearing on his shield the crown of Queen Guinevere as his coat of arms . Soon he met ...
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... brother , not knowing who he was . Then they fought to the death before they knew that each was fighting his own brother . And so these two knights died because of the wickedness of Queen Guinevere . 5. Merlin and Vivien . Vivien , a ...
... brother , not knowing who he was . Then they fought to the death before they knew that each was fighting his own brother . And so these two knights died because of the wickedness of Queen Guinevere . 5. Merlin and Vivien . Vivien , a ...
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... brother that she had seen the Holy Grail , the sacred cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper , and which was the supreme end of man's desires , they began to fast and watch for the vision . Once , as they sat in the great hall ...
... brother that she had seen the Holy Grail , the sacred cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper , and which was the supreme end of man's desires , they began to fast and watch for the vision . Once , as they sat in the great hall ...
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... brother king , Urien , assail'd him : last a heathen horde , Reddening the sun with smoke and earth with blood , And on the spike that split the mother's heart Spitting the child , brake on him , till , amazed , He knew not whither he ...
... brother king , Urien , assail'd him : last a heathen horde , Reddening the sun with smoke and earth with blood , And on the spike that split the mother's heart Spitting the child , brake on him , till , amazed , He knew not whither he ...
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Page 130 - If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Page 130 - More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 124 - 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?
Page 122 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Page 123 - Came on the shining levels of the lake. There drew he forth the brand Excalibur, And o'er him, drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud...
Page 129 - The holy Elders with the gift of myrrh. 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 127 - Sir King, I closed mine eyelids, lest the gems Should blind my purpose, for I never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not tho' I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt.
Page 126 - That bow'd the will. I see thee what thou art. For thou, the latest-left of all my knights, In whom should meet the offices of all, Thou wouldst betray me for the precious hilt ; Either from lust of gold, or like a girl Valuing the giddy pleasure of the eyes. Yet, for a man may fail in duty twice, And the third time may prosper, get thee hence : But, if thou spare to fling Excalibur, I will arise and slay thee with my hands.
Page 122 - ... this world holds record. Such a sleep They sleep — the men I loved. I think that we Shall never more, at any future time, Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds, Walking about the gardens and the halls Of Camelot, as in the days that were. I perish by this people which I made, — 190 Tho' Merlin sware that I should come again To rule once more ; but, let what will be, be, I am so deeply smitten thro' the helm That without help I cannot last till morn.
Page 129 - Shot thro' the lists at Camelot, and charged Before the eyes of ladies and of kings. Then loudly cried the bold Sir Bedivere, 'Ah! my Lord Arthur, whither shall I go?