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King Arthur: A Drama in a Prologue and Four Acts... - Primary Source Edition Joseph Comyns Carr No preview available - 2014 |
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Agra art thou Arth ARTHUR beneath Caerleon Caerleon's canst chaunt Chorus Clarissant crown DAGONET dare dead death Didst thou Dost thou doth dream edition Elaine England's Excalibur Exeunt Exit eyes false Fate fear feet fool Gaoler GAWAINE Guin hand hath hear heard Heaven hither Holy Grail hour JOHN MORLEY King KING ARTHUR kneel Knights know'st lady Lavaine leave lips live lord madam MERLIN Mord Morg mortal naught Pendragon's perchance POETICAL pray Queen quest Ryons scabbard SCENE seek the Grail shame SIR AGRAVAINE SIR BEDEVERE SIR DAGONET SIR KAY Sir Lancelot Sir Mordred smile soul speak stands sure sweet tell thee in Guinevere There's thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wouldst throne thy heart thy love thy sword thyself tongue truth turns twas twill voice vows Wait for thee Wherefore word wouldst thou
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Page 66 - Guinevere. He's gone, the light of all the world lies dead. Merlin. Not so : he doth but pass who cannot die, The King that was, the King that yet shall be : Whose spirit, borne along from age to age, Is England's to the end. Look where the dawn Sweeps through a wider heaven, and on its wings, By those three Queens of night his barge is borne To that sweet Isle of Avalon whose sleep Can heal all earthly wounds. If Tennyson has idealised King Arthur and tended to modernise him, John Masefield has...
Page 53 - tis so; Take back that word, and none shall know 'twas said! Ah! call it back again, and lift the pall Death spreads upon my heart; so shall I kneel And bless thee, and this sword shall strike him dumb That dares to whisper aught against my Queen. [ She stands immovable, Is this so much to ask? Ay, all too much! There is no might can give back to the Spring Its lowliest flower dead under changing skies; Then how should I, with winter at my heart, Plead with the ruined summer for its rose?