The Coming of Arthur, and Other Idylls of the KingHoughton, Mifflin, 1896 - 119 Seiten |
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answer'd arms ask'd barge battle battleaxe beast bold Sir Bedivere brake brand Caerleon call'd Camelot child Coming of Arthur court cried crown'd dead death diamond dream Dubric ev'n Excalibur eyes face fair Fair lord farewell father free love Gawain Gorloïs Guinevere hand hath heard heart heathen heaven Idylls jousts King Arthur King Uther King's knight Lady Lady of Shalott Lancelot and Elaine late Lavaine Leodogran lily maid live look'd lord Lyonesse maid of Astolat maiden Malory Malory's Marr'd Merlin mist Modred Morte d'Arthur noble knight o'er pass poem pray Queen realm rode rose saying seem'd shame shield Sir Lancelot Sir Thomas Malory Sir Torre spake speak stept stood sweet sword Table Round Tennyson thee thine thou art thou hast thought thro told traitor turn'd Uther vext voice White Horse wild word wound
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Seite 95 - Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Seite 115 - And rising bore him thro' the place of tombs. But as he walk'd, King Arthur panted hard, Like one that feels a nightmare on his bed When all the house is mute. So sigh'd the King, Muttering and murmuring at his ear 'Quick, quick! I fear it is too late, and I shall die.
Seite 117 - 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 91 - Then the pale Queen look'd up and answer'd her, 'Sir Lancelot, as became a noble knight, Was gracious to all ladies, and the same In open battle or the tilting-field...
Seite 116 - And to the barge they came. There those three Queens Put forth their hands, and took the King, and wept. But she, that rose the tallest of them all And fairest, laid his head upon her lap, And loosed the...
Seite 114 - And lightly went the other to the King. Then spoke King Arthur, drawing thicker breath : " Now see I by thine eyes that this is done. Speak out : what is it thou hast heard, or seen...
Seite 118 - I am going a long way With these thou see'st — 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 115 - My wound hath taken cold, and I shall die." 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 114 - So flash'd and fell the brand 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.
Seite 111 - Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam.