 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.  Idylls of the King - Page 127by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1904 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both...brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the meer." And answer made King Arthur, breathing hard : " My end draws nigh ; 'tis time that I were gone.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both...brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the meer." And answer made King Arthur, breathing hard : " My end draws nigh ; 'tis time that I were gone.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both...brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the meer. " And answer made King Arthur, breathing hard : " My end draws nigh; 'tis time that I were gone.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 254 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both...brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the meer." And answer made King Arthur, breathing hard : " My end draws nigh ; 'tis time that I were gone.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 276 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both hands I flung him, wheeling him ; But when I looked again, behold an arm, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 pages
...Excalibur : But ere he dipt the surface, rose an arm Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, And caught him by the hilt, and brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the mere. And lightly went the other to the King. Then spoke King Arthur, drawing thicker breath : " Now see I by... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 284 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both hands I flung him, wheeling him ; But when I looked again, behold an arm, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...never saw, Nor shall see, here or elsewhere, till I die, Not though I live three lives of mortal men, So great a miracle as yonder hilt. Then with both hands I flung him, wheeling him ; But when I looked again, behold an arm, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - Humanities - 1898 - 248 pages
...Excalibur: But ere he dipt the surface, rose an arm Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, And caught him by the hilt, and brandish'd him, Three times and drew him under in the mere. Thus passes Arthur. Here the artist loses perhaps somewhat of the allegorical, but he gains of the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 pages
...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. Then with both...mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt, and brandish' d him Three times, and drew him under in the mere." And answer made King Arthur, breathing... | |
| |
