The Coming of Arthur and The Passing of Arthur: With Introductions and NotesMacmillan and Company, 1891 - 78 pages |
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... question of lasting interest to society , and one which has of late years risen into more conspicuous importance , the changing position and proper sphere of Woman . In The Palace . of Art the poet describes and condemns a spirit of ...
... question of lasting interest to society , and one which has of late years risen into more conspicuous importance , the changing position and proper sphere of Woman . In The Palace . of Art the poet describes and condemns a spirit of ...
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... question or prove the truth of a message which comes to him with the sanction of common sense and at the same time satisfies his own ideal . His recognition of the significance of the message and its higher aspects may be dim and ...
... question or prove the truth of a message which comes to him with the sanction of common sense and at the same time satisfies his own ideal . His recognition of the significance of the message and its higher aspects may be dim and ...
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... question and by Leodogran's dream about Arthur , both of which are treated of in the Notes : also by the " dark sayings from of old , " which speak of the king ; these represent the vague oracular forecasts which , after the advent of ...
... question and by Leodogran's dream about Arthur , both of which are treated of in the Notes : also by the " dark sayings from of old , " which speak of the king ; these represent the vague oracular forecasts which , after the advent of ...
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... question on her face , ' The swallow and the swift are near akin , But thou art closer to this noble prince , Being his own dear sister ; ' and she said , ' Daughter of Gorloïs and Ygerne am I ; ' ' And therefore Arthur's sister ? ' ask ...
... question on her face , ' The swallow and the swift are near akin , But thou art closer to this noble prince , Being his own dear sister ; ' and she said , ' Daughter of Gorloïs and Ygerne am I ; ' ' And therefore Arthur's sister ? ' ask ...
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... And saying this the seer Went thro ' the strait and dreadful pass of death , Not ever to be question'd any more Save on the further side ; but when I met 390 Merlin , and ask'd him if these things were truth— 12 THE COMING OF ARTHUR .
... And saying this the seer Went thro ' the strait and dreadful pass of death , Not ever to be question'd any more Save on the further side ; but when I met 390 Merlin , and ask'd him if these things were truth— 12 THE COMING OF ARTHUR .
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ARITHMETIC Assistant Master battle BEGINNERS bold Sir Bedivere BOOK Cambridge Clifton College Coming of Arthur D.Sc death Dublin Edited ELEMENTARY TREATISE English Literature Essays Excalibur eyes F.R.S. Illustrated Fcap Fellow of Trinity G. E. FASNACHT Gareth and Lynette Gawain GEOGRAPHY GEOMETRY Geraint and Enid Gorloïs GRAMMAR Guinevere hath Headmaster heathen heaven HISTORY Holy Grail Homer Idylls Introduction and Notes ISAAC TODHUNTER J. P. MAHAFFY JOHN King Arthur knights Lady Lake Lancelot and Elaine Last Tournament late LATIN Lecturer LESSONS LL.D Lord M.A. Cr MACMILLAN'S Malory Malory's Maps Mathematics Merlin MICHAEL MACMILLAN Modred Morte d'Arthur noble Owens College Oxford Passing of Arthur poems poet POLITICAL ECONOMY Presidency College Press PRIMER Prof Queen revised and enlarged ROMAN Rome Round Table School sewed Sir Bedivere spake sword T. H. HUXLEY Tennyson TEXT-BOOK thee thou thro Translated Trinity College University Uther voice word
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Page 31 - 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 28 - 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.
Page 32 - So said he, and the barge with oar and sail Moved from the brink, like some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs. Long stood Sir Bedivere Revolving many memories, till the hull Look'd one black dot against the verge of dawn, And on the meer the wailing died away.
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Page 27 - 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 25 - 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 drew he forth the brand Excalibur...
Page 24 - 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 25 - 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 31 - 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 30 - Place me in the barge." So 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 shatter'd casque, and chafed his hands, And call'd him by his name, complaining loud, And dropping bitter tears against...