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Waged such unwilling though successful war
On all the youth�察�they sickened�察�councils thinned��
And armies waned�察�for magnet´like she drew
The rustiest iron of old fighters' hearts��
And beasts themselves would worship�察�camels knelt
Unbidden�察�and the brutes of mountain back
That carry kings in castles�察�bowed black knees
Of homage�察�ringing with their serpent hands��
To make her smile�察�her golden ankle´bells。
What wonder�察�being jealous�察�that he sent
His horns of proclamation out through all
The hundred under´kingdoms that he swayed
To find a wizard who might teach the King
Some charm�察�which being wrought upon the Queen
Might keep her all his own�此 �to such a one
He promised more than ever king has given��
A league of mountain full of golden mines��
A province with a hundred miles of coast��
A palace and a princess�察�all for him��
But on all those who tried and failed�察�the King
Pronounced a dismal sentence�察�meaning by it
To keep the list low and pretenders back��
Or like a king�察�not to be trifled with
Their heads should moulder on the city gates。
And many tried and failed�察�because the charm
Of nature in her overbore their own��
And many a wizard brow bleached on the walls��
And many weeks a troop of carrion crows
Hung like a cloud above the gateway towers。'

   And Vivien breaking in upon him�察�said��
'I sit and gather honey�察�yet�察�methinks��
Thy tongue has tript a little�此 �ask thyself。
The lady never made unwilling war
With those fine eyes�此 �she had her pleasure in it��
And made her good man jealous with good cause。
And lived there neither dame nor damsel then
Wroth at a lover's loss�拭�were all as tame��
I mean�察�as noble�察�as the Queen was fair��
Not one to flirt a venom at her eyes��
Or pinch a murderous dust into her drink��
Or make her paler with a poisoned rose��
Well�察�those were not our days�此 �but did they find
A wizard�拭 �Tell me�察�was he like to thee��

   She ceased�察�and made her lithe arm round his neck
Tighten�察�and then drew back�察�and let her eyes
Speak for her�察�glowing on him�察�like a bride's
On her new lord�察�her own�察�the first of men。

   He answered laughing�察�'Nay�察�not like to me。
At last they foundhis foragers for charms
A little glassy´headed hairless man��
Who lived alone in a great wild on grass��
Read but one book�察�and ever reading grew
So grated down and filed away with thought��
So lean his eyes were monstrous�察�while the skin
Clung but to crate and basket�察�ribs and spine。
And since he kept his mind on one sole aim��
Nor ever touched fierce wine�察�nor tasted flesh��
Nor owned a sensual wish�察�to him the wall
That sunders ghosts and shadow´casting men
Became a crystal�察�and he saw them through it��
And heard their voices talk behind the wall��
And learnt their elemental secrets�察�powers
And forces�察�often o'er the sun's bright eye
Drew the vast eyelid of an inky cloud��
And lashed it at the base with slanting storm��
Or in the noon of mist and driving rain��
When the lake whitened and the pinewood roared��
And the cairned mountain was a shadow�察�sunned
The world to peace again�此 �here was the man。
And so by force they dragged him to the King。
And then he taught the King to charm the Queen
In such´wise�察�that no man could see her more��
Nor saw she save the King�察�who wrought the charm��
Coming and going�察�and she lay as dead��
And lost all use of life�此 �but when the King
Made proffer of the league of golden mines��
The province with a hundred miles of coast��
The palace and the princess�察�that old man
Went back to his old wild�察�and lived on grass��
And vanished�察�and his book came down to me。'

   And Vivien answered smiling saucily��
'Ye have the book�此 �the charm is written in it��
Good�此 �take my counsel�此 �let me know it at once��
For keep it like a puzzle chest in chest��
With each chest locked and padlocked thirty´fold��
And whelm all this beneath as vast a mound
As after furious battle turfs the slain
On some wild down above the windy deep��
I yet should strike upon a sudden means
To dig�察�pick�察�open�察�find and read the charm��
Then�察�if I tried it�察�who should blame me then��'

   And smiling as a master smiles at one
That is not of his school�察�nor any school
But that where blind and naked Ignorance
Delivers brawling judgments�察�unashamed��
On all things all day long�察�he answered her��

   'Thou read the book�察�my pretty Vivien��
O ay�察�it is but twenty pages long��
But every page having an ample marge��
And every marge enclosing in the midst
A square of text that looks a little blot��
The text no larger than the limbs of fleas��
And every square of text an awful charm��
Writ in a language that has long gone by。
So long�察�that mountains have arisen since
With cities on their flanksthou read the book��
And ever margin scribbled�察�crost�察�and crammed
With comment�察�densest condensation�察�hard
To mind and eye�察�but the long sleepless nights
Of my long life have made it easy to me。
And none can read the text�察�not even I��
And none can read the comment but myself��
And in the comment did I find the charm。
O�察�the results are simple�察�a mere child
Might use it to the harm of anyone��
And never could undo it�此 �ask no more��
For though you should not prove it upon me��
But keep that oath ye sware�察�ye might�察�perchance��
Assay it on some one of the Table Round��
And all because ye dream they babble of you。'

   And Vivien�察�frowning in true anger�察�said��
'What dare the full´fed liars say of me��
They ride abroad redressing human wrongs��
They sit with knife in meat and wine in horn��
They bound to holy vows of chastity��
Were I not woman�察�I could tell a tale。
But you are man�察�you well can understand
The shame that cannot be explained for shame。
Not one of all the drove should touch me�此 �swine��'

   Then answered Merlin careless of her words��
'You breathe but accusation vast and vague��
Spleen´born�察�I think�察�and proofless。  If ye know��
Set up the charge ye know�察�to stand or fall��'

   And Vivien answered frowning wrathfully��
'O ay�察�what say ye to Sir Valence�察�him
Whose kinsman left him watcher o'er his wife
And two fair babes�察�and went to distant lands��
Was one year gone�察�and on returning found
Not two but three�拭�there lay the reckling�察�one
But one hour old�  �What said the happy sire��'
A seven´months' babe had been a truer gift。
Those twelve sweet moons confused his fatherhood。'

   Then answered Merlin�察�'Nay�察�I know the tale。
Sir Valence wedded with an outland dame��
Some cause had kept him sundered from his wife��
One child they had�此 �it lived with her�此 �she died��
His kinsman travelling on his own affair
Was charged by Valence to bring home the child。
He brought�察�not found it therefore�此 �take the truth。'

   'O ay��' said Vivien�察�'overtrue a tale。
What say ye then to sweet Sir Sagramore��
That ardent man�拭 �to pluck the flower in season�察�
So says the song�察 �I trow it is no treason。;
O Master�察�shall we call him overquick
To crop his own sweet rose before the hour��'

   And Merlin answered�察�'Overquick art thou
To catch a loathly plume fallen from the wing
Of that foul bird of rapine whose whole prey
Is man's good name�此 �he never wronged his bride。
I know the tale。  An angry gust of wind
Puffed out his torch among the myriad´roomed
And many´corridored complexities
Of Arthur's palace�此 �then he found a door��

And darkling felt the sculptured ornament
That wreathen round it made it seem his own��
And wearied out made for the couch and slept��
A stainless man beside a stainless maid��
And either slept�察�nor knew of other there��
Till the high dawn piercing the royal rose
In Arthur's casement glimmered chastely down��
Blushing upon them blushing�察�and at once
He rose without a word and parted from her��
But when the thing was blazed about the court��
The brute world howling forced them into bonds��
And as it chanced they are happy�察�being pure。'

   'O ay��' said Vivien�察�'that were likely too。
What say ye then to fair Sir Percivale
And of the horrid foulness that he wrought��
The saintly youth�察�the spotless lamb of Christ��
Or some black wether of St Satan's fold。
What�察�in the precincts of the chapel´yard��
Among the knightly brasses of the graves��
And by the cold Hic Jacets of the dead��'

   And Merlin answered careless of her charge��
'A sober man is Percivale and pure��
But once in life was flustered with new wine��
Then paced for coolness in the chapel´yard��
Where one of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark��
And that he sinned is not believable��
For�察�look upon his face��but if he sinned��
The sin that practice burns into the blood��
And not the one dark hour which brings remorse��
Will brand us�察�after�察�of whose fold we be��
Or else were he�察�the holy king�察�whose hymns
Are chanted in the minster�察�worse than all。
But is your spleen frothed out�察�or have ye more��'

   And Vivien answered frowning yet in wrath��
'O ay�察�what say ye to Sir Lancelot�察�friend
Traitor or true�拭�that commerce with the Queen��
I ask you�察�is it clamoured by the child��
Or whispered in the corner�拭�do ye know it��'

   To which he answered sadly�察�'Yea�察�I know it。
Sir Lancelot went ambassador�察�at first��
To fetch her�察�and she watched him from her walls。
A rumour runs�察�she took him for the King��
So fixt her fancy on him�此 �let them be。
But have ye no one word of loyal praise
For Arthur�察�blameless King and stainless man��'

   She answered with a low and chuckling laugh��
'Man� �is he man at all�察�who knows and winks��
Sees what his fair bride is and does�察�and winks��
By which the good King means to blind himself��
And blinds himself and all the Table Round
To all the foulness that they work。  Myself
Could call him ��were it not for womanhood��
The pretty�察�popular cause such manhood earns��
Could call him the main cause of all their crime��
Yea�察�were he not crowned King�察�coward�察�and fool。'

   Then Merlin to his own heart�察�loathing�察�said��
'O true and tender�  �O my liege and King��
O selfless man and stainless gentleman��
Who wouldst against thine own eye´witness fain
Have all men true and leal�察�all women pure��
How�察�in the mouths of base interpreters��
From over´fineness not intelligible
To things with every sense as false and foul
As the poached filth that floods the middle street��
Is thy white blamelessness accounted blame��'

   But Vivie

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