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As the poached filth that floods the middle street��
Is thy white blamelessness accounted blame��'
But Vivien�察�deeming Merlin overborne
By instance�察�recommenced�察�and let her tongue
Rage like a fire among the noblest names��
Polluting�察�and imputing her whole self��
Defaming and defacing�察�till she left
Not even Lancelot brave�察�nor Galahad clean。
Her words had issue other than she willed。
He dragged his eyebrow bushes down�察�and made
A snowy penthouse for his hollow eyes��
And muttered in himself�察�'Tell her the charm��
So�察�if she had it�察�would she rail on me
To snare the next�察�and if she have it not
So will she rail。 What did the wanton say��
;Not mount as high�察─�we scarce can sink as low��
For men at most differ as Heaven and earth��
But women�察�worst and best�察�as Heaven and Hell。
I know the Table Round�察�my friends of old��
All brave�察�and many generous�察�and some chaste。
She cloaks the scar of some repulse with lies��
I well believe she tempted them and failed��
Being so bitter�此 �for fine plots may fail��
Though harlots paint their talk as well as face
With colours of the heart that are not theirs。
I will not let her know�此 �nine tithes of times
Face´flatterer and backbiter are the same。
And they�察�sweet soul�察�that most impute a crime
Are pronest to it�察�and impute themselves��
Wanting the mental range�察�or low desire
Not to feel lowest makes them level all��
Yea�察�they would pare the mountain to the plain��
To leave an equal baseness�察�and in this
Are harlots like the crowd�察�that if they find
Some stain or blemish in a name of note��
Not grieving that their greatest are so small��
Inflate themselves with some insane delight��
And judge all nature from her feet of clay��
Without the will to lift their eyes�察�and see
Her godlike head crowned with spiritual fire��
And touching other worlds。 I am weary of her。'
He spoke in words part heard�察�in whispers part��
Half´suffocated in the hoary fell
And many´wintered fleece of throat and chin。
But Vivien�察�gathering somewhat of his mood��
And hearing 'harlot' muttered twice or thrice��
Leapt from her session on his lap�察�and stood
Stiff as a viper frozen�察�loathsome sight��
How from the rosy lips of life and love��
Flashed the bare´grinning skeleton of death��
White was her cheek�察�sharp breaths of anger puffed
Her fairy nostril out�察�her hand half´clenched
Went faltering sideways downward to her belt��
And feeling�察�had she found a dagger there
��For in a wink the false love turns to hate��
She would have stabbed him�察�but she found it not��
His eye was calm�察�and suddenly she took
To bitter weeping like a beaten child��
A long�察�long weeping�察�not consolable。
Then her false voice made way�察�broken with sobs��
'O crueller than was ever told in tale��
Or sung in song� �O vainly lavished love��
O cruel�察�there was nothing wild or strange��
Or seeming shamefulfor what shame in love��
So love be true�察�and not as yours isnothing
Poor Vivien had not done to win his trust
Who called her what he called herall her crime��
Allallthe wish to prove him wholly hers。'
She mused a little�察�and then clapt her hands
Together with a wailing shriek�察�and said��
'Stabbed through the heart's affections to the heart��
Seethed like the kid in its own mother's milk��
Killed with a word worse than a life of blows��
I thought that he was gentle�察�being great��
O God�察�that I had loved a smaller man��
I should have found in him a greater heart。
O�察�I�察�that flattering my true passion�察�saw
The knights�察�the court�察�the King�察�dark in your light��
Who loved to make men darker than they are��
Because of that high pleasure which I had
To seat you sole upon my pedestal
Of worshipI am answered�察�and henceforth
The course of life that seemed so flowery to me
With you for guide and master�察�only you��
Becomes the sea´cliff pathway broken short��
And ending in a ruinnothing left��
But into some low cave to crawl�察�and there��
If the wolf spare me�察�weep my life away��
Killed with inutterable unkindliness。'
She paused�察�she turned away�察�she hung her head��
The snake of gold slid from her hair�察�the braid
Slipt and uncoiled itself�察�she wept afresh��
And the dark wood grew darker toward the storm
In silence�察�while his anger slowly died
Within him�察�till he let his wisdom go
For ease of heart�察�and half believed her true��
Called her to shelter in the hollow oak��
'Come from the storm��' and having no reply��
Gazed at the heaving shoulder�察�and the face
Hand´hidden�察�as for utmost grief or shame��
Then thrice essayed�察�by tenderest´touching terms��
To sleek her ruffled peace of mind�察�in vain。
At last she let herself be conquered by him��
And as the cageling newly flown returns��
The seeming´injured simple´hearted thing
Came to her old perch back�察�and settled there。
There while she sat�察�half´falling from his knees��
Half´nestled at his heart�察�and since he saw
The slow tear creep from her closed eyelid yet��
About her�察�more in kindness than in love��
The gentle wizard cast a shielding arm。
But she dislinked herself at once and rose��
Her arms upon her breast across�察�and stood��
A virtuous gentlewoman deeply wronged��
Upright and flushed before him�此 �then she said��
'There must now be no passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore��
Since�察�if I be what I am grossly called��
What should be granted which your own gross heart
Would reckon worth the taking�拭 �I will go。
In truth�察�but one thing nowbetter have died
Thrice than have asked it oncecould make me stay
That proof of trustso often asked in vain��
How justly�察�after that vile term of yours��
I find with grief� �I might believe you then��
Who knows�拭�once more。 Lo� �what was once to me
Mere matter of the fancy�察�now hath grown
The vast necessity of heart and life。
Farewell�察�think gently of me�察�for I fear
My fate or folly�察�passing gayer youth
For one so old�察�must be to love thee still。
But ere I leave thee let me swear once more
That if I schemed against thy peace in this��
May yon just heaven�察�that darkens o'er me�察�send
One flash�察�that�察�missing all things else�察�may make
My scheming brain a cinder�察�if I lie。'
Scarce had she ceased�察�when out of heaven a bolt
��For now the storm was close above them�� struck��
Furrowing a giant oak�察�and javelining
With darted spikes and splinters of the wood
The dark earth round。 He raised his eyes and saw
The tree that shone white´listed through the gloom。
But Vivien�察�fearing heaven had heard her oath��
And dazzled by the livid´flickering fork��
And deafened with the stammering cracks and claps
That followed�察�flying back and crying out��
'O Merlin�察�though you do not love me�察�save��
Yet save me��' clung to him and hugged him close��
And called him dear protector in her fright��
Nor yet forgot her practice in her fright��
But wrought upon his mood and hugged him close。
The pale blood of the wizard at her touch
Took gayer colours�察�like an opal warmed。
She blamed herself for telling hearsay tales��
She shook from fear�察�and for her fault she wept
Of petulancy�察�she called him lord and liege��
Her seer�察�her bard�察�her silver star of eve��
Her God�察�her Merlin�察�the one passionate love
Of her whole life�察�and ever overhead
Bellowed the tempest�察�and the rotten branch
Snapt in the rushing of the river´rain
Above them�察�and in change of glare and gloom
Her eyes and neck glittering went and came��
Till now the storm�察�its burst of passion spent��
Moaning and calling out of other lands��
Had left the ravaged woodland yet once more
To peace�察�and what should not have been had been��
For Merlin�察�overtalked and overworn��
Had yielded�察�told her all the charm�察�and slept。
Then�察�in one moment�察�she put forth the charm
Of woven paces and of waving hands��
And in the hollow oak he lay as dead��
And lost to life and use and name and fame。
Then crying 'I have made his glory mine��'
And shrieking out 'O fool��' the harlot leapt
Adown the forest�察�and the thicket closed
Behind her�察�and the forest echoed 'fool。'
Lancelot and Elaine
Elaine the fair�察�Elaine the loveable��
Elaine�察�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 the morning's earliest ray
Might strike it�察�and awake her with the gleam��
Then fearing rust or soilure fashioned for it
A case of silk�察�and braided thereupon
All the devices blazoned on the shield
In their own tinct�察�and added�察�of her wit��
A border fantasy of branch and flower��
And yellow´throated nestling in the nest。
Nor rested thus content�察�but day by day��
Leaving her household and good father�察�climbed
That eastern tower�察�and entering barred her door��
Stript off the case�察�and read the naked shield��
Now guessed 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��
Conjecturing when and where�此 �this cut is fresh��
That ten years back�察�this dealt him at Caerlyle��
That at Caerleon�察�this at Camelot��
And ah God's mercy�察�what a stroke was there��
And here a thrust that might have killed�察�but God
Broke the strong lance�察�and rolled his enemy down��
And saved him�此 �so she lived in fantasy。
How came the lily maid by that good shield
Of Lancelot�察�she that knew not even his name��
He left it with her�察�when he rode to tilt
For the great diamond in the diamond jousts��
Which Arthur had ordained�察�and by that name
Had named them�察�since a diamond was the prize。
For Arthur�察�long before they crowned him King��
Roving the trackless realms of Lyonnesse��
Had found a glen�察�gray boulder and black tarn。
A horror lived about the tarn�察�and clave
Like its own mists to all the mountain side��
For here two brothers�察�one a king�察�had met
And fought together�察�but their names were lost��
And each had slain his brother at a blow��
And down they fell and made the glen abhorred��
And there they lay till all their bones were bleached��
And lichened into colour with the crags��
And he�察�that once was king�察�had on a crown
Of diamonds�察�one in front�察�and four aside。
And Arthur came�察�and labouring up the pass��
All in a misty moonshine�察�unawares
Had trodden that crowned skeleton�察�and the skull
Brake from the nape�察�and from the skull the crown
Rolled into light�察�and turning on it