Tennyson's Idylls of the kingAmerican Book Company, 1904 - 187 Seiten |
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Æneid arms Arthur's hall ask'd barge battle blank verse bold Sir Bedivere brake call'd Camelot Coming of Arthur court cried crying damsel dead death diamond Elaine ev'n Excalibur eyes face fair Fair lord father fight flash'd flower Gareth and Lynette Gawain Geoffrey of Monmouth glory Guinevere hand hath heard heart heathen heaven horse IDYLLS joust King Arthur kitchen-knave knave knight Lady Lake lance Lavaine Le Morte Darthur lily maid look'd lord Lyonesse Lyonors Mabinogion maid of Astolat maiden Malory Modred Morte Darthur mother Nennius noble knight o'er Passing of Arthur poem Prince quest ride rode rose Round Table saying seem'd seneschal shame shield Sir Gareth Sir Kay Sir King Sir Lancelot smiled soul spake star story sweet sword Table Round Tennyson thee thine thou art thou hast thro tournament turn'd voice wherefore wound
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Seite 159 - And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty 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 rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. There...
Seite 165 - Then saw they how there hove a dusky barge, Dark as a funeral scarf from stem to stern, Beneath them ; and descending they were ware That all the decks were dense with stately forms Black-stoled, black-hooded, like a dream — by these...
Seite 167 - 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.
Seite 158 - Excalibur, Which was my pride; for thou rememberest how In those old days, one summer noon, an arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake...
Seite 167 - 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.
Seite 167 - But now farewell. I am going a long way With these thou seest — if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) — To the island-valley of Avilion ; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly ; but it lies' Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Seite 161 - Which might have pleased the eyes of many men. What good should follow this, if this were done? 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?
Seite 166 - 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?
Seite 164 - So saying, from the pavement he half rose, Slowly, with pain, reclining on his arm, And looking wistfully with wide blue eyes As in a picture. Him Sir Bedivere Remorsefully regarded thro...
Seite 167 - 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.