...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...Arthur" of a lake under the wintry moon, he achieves a veritable miracle of realistic picture : — He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came oft the shining levels of the lake. He is great whenever he touches a river, greater still whenever...

...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed...forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt : Tor all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest...

...bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...hand of Bedevere is now cast into the sea. What a wondrous piece of word-painting is that scene, — There drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing it, the whiter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth, And sparkled keen with frost against...

...up through the poem. Excalibur does not merely sparkle in the moonlight with its jewelled hilt, but The winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long...forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt. , Sir Bedivere does not doubt whether he shall throw the sword, but stands This way and that, dividing...