The Coming of Arthur and The Passing of Arthur: With Introductions and NotesMacmillan and Company, 1891 - 78 pages |
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... dead , From roots like some black coil of carven snakes , Clutch'd at the crag ( The Last Tournament ) . We may also notice the exactness of the epithets in " perky larches , " " dry - tongu'd laurels , " " dry - tongu'd laurels ...
... dead , From roots like some black coil of carven snakes , Clutch'd at the crag ( The Last Tournament ) . We may also notice the exactness of the epithets in " perky larches , " " dry - tongu'd laurels , " " dry - tongu'd laurels ...
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... dead earth . And , finally , the last weird battle in The Passing of Arthur is fought when the great light of heaven Burn'd at his lowest in the rolling year . on Spiritual significance of Arthur . The wounded king is carried IDYLLS OF ...
... dead earth . And , finally , the last weird battle in The Passing of Arthur is fought when the great light of heaven Burn'd at his lowest in the rolling year . on Spiritual significance of Arthur . The wounded king is carried IDYLLS OF ...
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... dead of winter ; and he passes away from earth when the mystic year has rolled full circle . The " new Sun " now rises to usher in a new year , " and a different era : ،، The old order changeth , yielding place to new . The more ...
... dead of winter ; and he passes away from earth when the mystic year has rolled full circle . The " new Sun " now rises to usher in a new year , " and a different era : ،، The old order changeth , yielding place to new . The more ...
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... Dead Innocence , " openly scoffs at the king and his vows , and the glory of the Round Table is no more : one faithful follower is left to Arthur , and he is the court fool . In Guinevere we see that sin has done its work , and the ...
... Dead Innocence , " openly scoffs at the king and his vows , and the glory of the Round Table is no more : one faithful follower is left to Arthur , and he is the court fool . In Guinevere we see that sin has done its work , and the ...
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... dead , lent her fierce teat To human sucklings ; and the children , housed In her foul den , there at their meat would growl , And mock their foster - mother on four feet , Till , straighten'd , they grew up to wolf - like men , Worse ...
... dead , lent her fierce teat To human sucklings ; and the children , housed In her foul den , there at their meat would growl , And mock their foster - mother on four feet , Till , straighten'd , they grew up to wolf - like men , Worse ...
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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...