This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... LANCELOT AND ELAINE. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot; Which first she placed where morning's earliest ray 5 Might strike it, and awake her with the gleam; Then fearing rust or ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... LANCELOT AND ELAINE. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot; Which first she placed where morning's earliest ray 5 Might strike it, and awake her with the gleam; Then fearing rust or soilure fashion'd for it A case of silk, and braided thereupon All the devices blazon'd on the shield In their own tinct, and added, of her wit, 10 A border fantasy of branch and flower, And yellow-throated nestling in the nest. Nor rested thus content, but day by day, Leaving her household and good father, climb'd That eastern tower, and entering barr'd her door, 15 Stript off the case, and read the naked shield, Now guess'd a hidden meaning in his arms, Now made a pretty history to herself Of every dint a sword had beaten in it, And every scratch a lance had made upon it, 20 Conjecturing when and where: this cut is fresh; That ten years back; this dealt him at Caerlyle; That at Caerleoh; this at Camelot: And ah God's mercy, what a stroke was there! And here a thrust that might have kill'd, but God 25 Broke the strong lance, and roll'd his enemy down, And saved him: so she lived in fantasy. How came the lily maid by that good shield Of Lancelot. _she that knew not ev'n his name? He left it with her, when he rode to tilt For the great diamond in the diamond jousts, Which Arthur had ordain'd, and by that name Had named them, since a diamond was the prize. For Arthur, long before they crown'd him King, Roving the trackless realms of Lyonnesse, Had found a glen, gray bowlder and black tarn. A horror lived about the tarn, and clave Like its own mists to all the mountain-side: For here two brothers, one a king, had met And fought together; but their...
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