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... leaves Arthur absolute lord of the island of Britain , and he begins a career of foreign conquest . Ireland , Iceland , Denmark , Norway , and Gaul are brought into subjection to his rule , and he is about to conquer Rome , when he is ...
... leaves Arthur absolute lord of the island of Britain , and he begins a career of foreign conquest . Ireland , Iceland , Denmark , Norway , and Gaul are brought into subjection to his rule , and he is about to conquer Rome , when he is ...
Page xvi
... leaving her , he was willing to serve in the royal kitchen for a twelvemonth and a day without telling his name to any one . So he be- came a kitchen - knave , but his mother after a month 2 Pronounced Gǎ'reth and Lin - ět ' . 1 ...
... leaving her , he was willing to serve in the royal kitchen for a twelvemonth and a day without telling his name to any one . So he be- came a kitchen - knave , but his mother after a month 2 Pronounced Gǎ'reth and Lin - ět ' . 1 ...
Page xix
... leave of the King to go to his own land beyond the Severn , and the King granted his request . There Geraint came , and went neither to tournament nor to the hunt , nor did he attend to the needs of his people , but remained always with ...
... leave of the King to go to his own land beyond the Severn , and the King granted his request . There Geraint came , and went neither to tournament nor to the hunt , nor did he attend to the needs of his people , but remained always with ...
Page xxv
... leave to go to Ettarre and win her for Pelleas . Pelleas gave his consent , and for three days he awaited the coming of Gawain , who did not return . Then Pelleas , tired of waiting , went toward the city and found that the false Gawain ...
... leave to go to Ettarre and win her for Pelleas . Pelleas gave his consent , and for three days he awaited the coming of Gawain , who did not return . Then Pelleas , tired of waiting , went toward the city and found that the false Gawain ...
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... leave Thine easeful biding here , and risk thine all , Life , limbs , for one that is not proven King ? Stay , till the cloud that settles round his birth Hath lifted but a little . Stay , sweet son . ' And Gareth answer'd quickly ...
... leave Thine easeful biding here , and risk thine all , Life , limbs , for one that is not proven King ? Stay , till the cloud that settles round his birth Hath lifted but a little . Stay , sweet son . ' And Gareth answer'd quickly ...
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arms Arthur's hall ask'd Astolat battle bold Sir Bedivere brake brand brother Caerleon cæsura call'd Camelot child Coming of Arthur court cried damsel dead death diamond Dubric E. K. CHAMBERS Enid Excalibur eyes face fair Fair lord father flash'd flowers fought Gareth and Lynette Gawain Geraint glory Gorloïs hand hath heard heart heathen helm horse Idylls joust King Arthur kitchen-knave knave knight lance Lancelot and Elaine Lavaine Leodogran lily maid lines live lord Lyonnesse maiden Malory Mark of Cornwall Merlin Modred mother noble o'er Passing of Arthur Poems Prince quest realm rode rose Round Table saying seem'd seneschal shame shield Sir Bedivere Sir Gareth Sir Kay Sir King Sir Lancelot spake star stood story sweet sword Table Round Tennyson thee thine thou art thou hast thro turn'd Uther vext voice wherefore wild word wound
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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?