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... spake the hoary chamberlain and said , ' Sir King , there be but two old men that know : And each is twice as old as I ; and one Is Merlin , the wise man that ever served King Uther thro ' his magic art ; and one Is Merlin's master ( so ...
... spake the hoary chamberlain and said , ' Sir King , there be but two old men that know : And each is twice as old as I ; and one Is Merlin , the wise man that ever served King Uther thro ' his magic art ; and one Is Merlin's master ( so ...
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... spake For bold in heart and act and word was he , Whenever slander breathed against the King- Sir , there be many rumors on this head : For there be those who hate him in their hearts , Call him baseborn , and since his ways are sweet ...
... spake For bold in heart and act and word was he , Whenever slander breathed against the King- Sir , there be many rumors on this head : For there be those who hate him in their hearts , Call him baseborn , and since his ways are sweet ...
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... spake , and cheer'd his Table Round With large , divine , and comfortable words , Beyond my tongue to tell thee I beheld From eye to eye thro ' all their Order flash A momentary likeness of the King : And ere it left their faces , thro ...
... spake , and cheer'd his Table Round With large , divine , and comfortable words , Beyond my tongue to tell thee I beheld From eye to eye thro ' all their Order flash A momentary likeness of the King : And ere it left their faces , thro ...
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... spake sweet words , and comforted my heart , And dried my tears , being a child with me . And many a time he came , and evermore As I grew greater grew with me ; and sad At times he seem'd , and sad with him was I , Stern too at times ...
... spake sweet words , and comforted my heart , And dried my tears , being a child with me . And many a time he came , and evermore As I grew greater grew with me ; and sad At times he seem'd , and sad with him was I , Stern too at times ...
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... spake the word , And all at once all round him rose in fire , So that the child and he were clothed in fire . And presently thereafter follow'd calm , Free sky and stars : " And this same child , " he said , " Is he who reigns ; nor ...
... spake the word , And all at once all round him rose in fire , So that the child and he were clothed in fire . And presently thereafter follow'd calm , Free sky and stars : " And this same child , " he said , " Is he who reigns ; nor ...
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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?