The holy grail, and other poems |
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... stars that shudder over me , O earth that soundest hollow under me , Vext with waste dreams ? for saving I be join'd To her that is the fairest under heaven , I seem as nothing in the mighty world , And cannot will my will , nor work my ...
... stars that shudder over me , O earth that soundest hollow under me , Vext with waste dreams ? for saving I be join'd To her that is the fairest under heaven , I seem as nothing in the mighty world , And cannot will my will , nor work my ...
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... stars : " And this same child , " he said , " Is he who reigns ; nor could I part in peace Till this were told . " And saying this the seer Went thro ' the strait and dreadful pass of death , Not ever to be question'd any more Save on ...
... stars : " And this same child , " he said , " Is he who reigns ; nor could I part in peace Till this were told . " And saying this the seer Went thro ' the strait and dreadful pass of death , Not ever to be question'd any more Save on ...
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... Merlin , with a crown , And peak'd wings pointed to the Northern Star . And eastward fronts the statue , and the crown And both the wings are made of gold , and flame At sunrise till the people in far fields , Wasted THE HOLY GRAIL . 47.
... Merlin , with a crown , And peak'd wings pointed to the Northern Star . And eastward fronts the statue , and the crown And both the wings are made of gold , and flame At sunrise till the people in far fields , Wasted THE HOLY GRAIL . 47.
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... star Led on the gray - hair'd wisdom of the east ; But her thou hast not known for what is this : Thou thoughtest of thy prowess and thy sins ? Thou hast not lost thyself to save thyself As Galahad . " When the hermit made an end 60 THE ...
... star Led on the gray - hair'd wisdom of the east ; But her thou hast not known for what is this : Thou thoughtest of thy prowess and thy sins ? Thou hast not lost thyself to save thyself As Galahad . " When the hermit made an end 60 THE ...
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... blazed again Opening , I saw the least of little stars Down on the waste , and straight beyond the star I saw the spiritual city and all her spires And gateways in a glory like one pearl- No larger 64 THE HOLY GRAIL .
... blazed again Opening , I saw the least of little stars Down on the waste , and straight beyond the star I saw the spiritual city and all her spires And gateways in a glory like one pearl- No larger 64 THE HOLY GRAIL .
Términos y frases comunes
ALFRED TENNYSON 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 Excalibur eyes face fail'd 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 knights lady Lancelot land Leodogran light Lionel look'd Lord LUCRETIUS LUDGATE HILL 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
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Página 136 - That bow'd the will. I see thee what thou art. For thou, the latest-left of all my knights, In whom should meet the offices of all, Thou wouldst betray me for the precious hilt ; Either from lust of gold, or like a girl Valuing the giddy pleasure of the eyes. Yet, for a man may fail in duty twice, And the third time may prosper, get thee hence : But, if thou spare to fling Excalibur, I will arise and slay thee with my hands.
Página 143 - 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 t For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Página 190 - He be not that which He seems ? Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams ? Earth, these solid stars, this weight of body and limb, Are they not sign and symbol of thy division from Him? Dark is the world to thee : thyself art the reason why; For is He not all but thou, that hast power to feel "I am I"?
Página 132 - To whom replied King Arthur, faint and pale: "Thou hast...
Página 140 - 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,
Página 144 - 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 144 - ... 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.
Página 138 - 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...
Página 134 - 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?
Página 137 - Now see I by thine eyes that this is done. Speak out: what is it thou hast heard, or seen?