The Holy Grail and Other PoemsFields, Osgood & Company, 1870 - 202 páginas |
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... child ; And she was fairest of all flesh on earth , Guinevere , and in her his one delight . For many a petty king ere Arthur came Ruled in this isle , and ever waging war Each upon other , wasted all the land ; And still from time to ...
... child ; And she was fairest of all flesh on earth , Guinevere , and in her his one delight . For many a petty king ere Arthur came Ruled in this isle , and ever waging war Each upon other , wasted all the land ; And still from time to ...
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... children and devour , but now and then , Her own brood lost or 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 ...
... children and devour , but now and then , Her own brood lost or 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 ...
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... child , brake on him , till , amazed , He knew not whither he should turn for aid . But for he heard of Arthur newly crown'd , Tho ' not without an uproar made by those the king Who cried , " He is not Uther's son " Sent to him , saying ...
... child , brake on him , till , amazed , He knew not whither he should turn for aid . But for he heard of Arthur newly crown'd , Tho ' not without an uproar made by those the king Who cried , " He is not Uther's son " Sent to him , saying ...
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... child Piecemeal among them , had they known ; for each But sought to rule for his own self and hand , And many hated Uther for the sake Of Gorloïs : wherefore Merlin took the child , And gave him to Sir Anton , an old knight And ancient ...
... child Piecemeal among them , had they known ; for each But sought to rule for his own self and hand , And many hated Uther for the sake Of Gorloïs : wherefore Merlin took the child , And gave him to Sir Anton , an old knight And ancient ...
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... child of Anton and no king , Or else baseborn . ' Yet Merlin thro ' his craft And while the people clamor❜d for a king , Had Arthur crown'd ; but after , the great lords Banded , and so brake out in open war . " Then while the king ...
... child of Anton and no king , Or else baseborn . ' Yet Merlin thro ' his craft And while the people clamor❜d for a king , Had Arthur crown'd ; but after , the great lords Banded , and so brake out in open war . " Then while the king ...
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answer'd arms art thou ask'd beast beat beauty behold blood bold Sir Bedivere brake brother Caerleon call'd Camelot child circlet cloud cried crown'd damsels dark dead dearest dreams drew Dubric earth Ettarre eyes face fail'd feast fire flash'd follow'd Galahad Gawain glanced glory Gods golden Gorloïs Guinevere hall hand hath heard heart heathen heaven Holy Grail horse jousts Julian King Arthur King Uther knew knighthood knights lady Lancelot land Leodogran light Lionel look'd Lord LUCRETIUS luvv Lyonesse maiden Merlin merry maidens Modred moon munny noble o'er once pass Percivale phantom proputty Queen quest return'd rode rose seem'd seen Sir Bors Sir Pelleas slay spake stars stood strange sware sweet sword Table Round thee thine thou art thou hast thought thro thyself turn'd Uther Vext vision voice wail walls wind
Pasajes populares
Página 144 - 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.
Página 143 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Página 141 - Dry clash'd his harness in the icy caves And barren chasms, and all to left and right The bare black cliff clang'd round him, as he based His feet on juts of slippery crag that rang Sharp-smitten with the dint of armed heels. — And on a sudden, lo ! the level lake, And the long glories of the winter moon.
Página 165 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 143 - Then loudly cried the bold Sir Bedivere, "Ah! my Lord Arthur, whither shall I go? Where shall I hide my forehead and my eyes? For now I see the true old times are dead, When every morning brought a noble chance, And every chance brought out a noble knight.
Página 130 - 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...
Página 135 - And if indeed I cast the brand away, Surely a precious thing, one worthy note, Should thus be lost for ever from the earth, Which might have pleased the eyes of many men.
Página 138 - The great brand Made lightnings in the splendour of the moon, And flashing round and round, and whirl'd in an arch, Shot like a streamer of the northern morn, Seen where the moving isles of winter shock By night, with noises of the northern sea. So...
Página 145 - 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 mere the wailing died away. But when that moan had past for evermore, The stillness of the dead world's winter dawn Amazed him, and he groan'd, "The King is gone.
Página 142 - A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, And, as it were one voice, an agony Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills All night in a waste land, where no one comes, Or hath come, since the making of the world. Then murmur'd Arthur, 'Place me in the barge,