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To cope with�察�or a traitor proven�察�or hound
Beaten�察�did Pelleas in an utter shame
Creep with his shadow through the court again��
Fingering at his sword´handle until he stood
There on the castle´bridge once more�察�and thought��
'I will go back�察�and slay them where they lie。'
And so went back�察�and seeing them yet in sleep
Said�察�'Ye�察�that so dishallow the holy sleep��
Your sleep is death��' and drew the sword�察�and thought��
'What� �slay a sleeping knight�拭�the King hath bound
And sworn me to this brotherhood��' again��
'Alas that ever a knight should be so false。'
Then turned�察�and so returned�察�and groaning laid
The naked sword athwart their naked throats��
There left it�察�and them sleeping�察�and she lay��
The circlet of her tourney round her brows��
And the sword of the tourney across her throat。
And forth he past�察�and mounting on his horse
Stared at her towers that�察�larger than themselves
In their own darkness�察�thronged into the moon。
Then crushed the saddle with his thighs�察�and clenched
His hands�察�and maddened with himself and moaned��
'Would they have risen against me in their blood
At the last day�拭 �I might have answered them
Even before high God。 O towers so strong��
Huge�察�solid�察�would that even while I gaze
The crack of earthquake shivering to your base
Split you�察�and Hell burst up your harlot roofs
Bellowing�察�and charred you through and through within��
Black as the harlot's hearthollow as a skull��
Let the fierce east scream through your eyelet´holes��
And whirl the dust of harlots round and round
In dung and nettles� �hiss�察�snakeI saw him there
Let the fox bark�察�let the wolf yell。 Who yells
Here in the still sweet summer night�察�but I
I�察�the poor Pelleas whom she called her fool��
Fool�察�beasthe�察�she�察�or I�拭�myself most fool��
Beast too�察�as lacking human witdisgraced��
Dishonoured all for trial of true love
Love��we be all alike�此 �only the King
Hath made us fools and liars。 O noble vows��
O great and sane and simple race of brutes
That own no lust because they have no law��
For why should I have loved her to my shame��
I loathe her�察�as I loved her to my shame。
I never loved her�察�I but lusted for her
Away'
He dashed the rowel into his horse��
And bounded forth and vanished through the night。
Then she�察�that felt the cold touch on her throat��
Awaking knew the sword�察�and turned herself
To Gawain�此 �'Liar�察�for thou hast not slain
This Pelleas� �here he stood�察�and might have slain
Me and thyself。' And he that tells the tale
Says that her ever´veering fancy turned
To Pelleas�察�as the one true knight on earth��
And only lover�察�and through her love her life
Wasted and pined�察�desiring him in vain。
But he by wild and way�察�for half the night��
And over hard and soft�察�striking the sod
From out the soft�察�the spark from off the hard��
Rode till the star above the wakening sun��
Beside that tower where Percivale was cowled��
Glanced from the rosy forehead of the dawn。
For so the words were flashed into his heart
He knew not whence or wherefore�此 �'O sweet star��
Pure on the virgin forehead of the dawn��'
And there he would have wept�察�but felt his eyes
Harder and drier than a fountain bed
In summer�此 �thither came the village girls
And lingered talking�察�and they come no more
Till the sweet heavens have filled it from the heights
Again with living waters in the change
Of seasons�此 �hard his eyes�察�harder his heart
Seemed�察�but so weary were his limbs�察�that he��
Gasping�察�'Of Arthur's hall am I�察�but here��
Here let me rest and die��' cast himself down��
And gulfed his griefs in inmost sleep�察�so lay��
Till shaken by a dream�察�that Gawain fired
The hall of Merlin�察�and the morning star
Reeled in the smoke�察�brake into flame�察�and fell。
He woke�察�and being ware of some one nigh��
Sent hands upon him�察�as to tear him�察�crying��
'False� �and I held thee pure as Guinevere。'
But Percivale stood near him and replied��
'Am I but false as Guinevere is pure��
Or art thou mazed with dreams�拭�or being one
Of our free´spoken Table hast not heard
That Lancelot'there he checked himself and paused。
Then fared it with Sir Pelleas as with one
Who gets a wound in battle�察�and the sword
That made it plunges through the wound again��
And pricks it deeper�此 �and he shrank and wailed��
'Is the Queen false��' and Percivale was mute。
'Have any of our Round Table held their vows��'
And Percivale made answer not a word。
'Is the King true��' 'The King��' said Percivale。
'Why then let men couple at once with wolves。
What� �art thou mad��'
But Pelleas�察�leaping up��
Ran through the doors and vaulted on his horse
And fled�此 �small pity upon his horse had he��
Or on himself�察�or any�察�and when he met
A cripple�察�one that held a hand for alms
Hunched as he was�察�and like an old dwarf´elm
That turns its back upon the salt blast�察�the boy
Paused not�察�but overrode him�察�shouting�察�'False��
And false with Gawain��' and so left him bruised
And battered�察�and fled on�察�and hill and wood
Went ever streaming by him till the gloom��
That follows on the turning of the world��
Darkened the common path�此 �he twitched the reins��
And made his beast that better knew it�察�swerve
Now off it and now on�察�but when he saw
High up in heaven the hall that Merlin built��
Blackening against the dead´green stripes of even��
'Black nest of rats��' he groaned�察�'ye build too high。'
Not long thereafter from the city gates
Issued Sir Lancelot riding airily��
Warm with a gracious parting from the Queen��
Peace at his heart�察�and gazing at a star
And marvelling what it was�此 �on whom the boy��
Across the silent seeded meadow´grass
Borne�察�clashed�此 �and Lancelot�察�saying�察�'What name hast thou
That ridest here so blindly and so hard��'
'No name�察�no name��' he shouted�察�'a scourge am I
To lash the treasons of the Table Round。'
'Yea�察�but thy name��' 'I have many names��' he cried��
'I am wrath and shame and hate and evil fame��
And like a poisonous wind I pass to blast
And blaze the crime of Lancelot and the Queen。'
'First over me��' said Lancelot�察�'shalt thou pass。'
'Fight therefore��' yelled the youth�察�and either knight
Drew back a space�察�and when they closed�察�at once
The weary steed of Pelleas floundering flung
His rider�察�who called out from the dark field��
'Thou art as false as Hell�此 �slay me�此 �I have no sword。'
Then Lancelot�察�'Yea�察�between thy lipsand sharp��
But here I will disedge it by thy death。'
'Slay then��' he shrieked�察�'my will is to be slain��'
And Lancelot�察�with his heel upon the fallen��
Rolling his eyes�察�a moment stood�察�then spake��
'Rise�察�weakling�察�I am Lancelot�察�say thy say。'
And Lancelot slowly rode his warhorse back
To Camelot�察�and Sir Pelleas in brief while
Caught his unbroken limbs from the dark field��
And followed to the city。 It chanced that both
Brake into hall together�察�worn and pale。
There with her knights and dames was Guinevere。
Full wonderingly she gazed on Lancelot
So soon returned�察�and then on Pelleas�察�him
Who had not greeted her�察�but cast himself
Down on a bench�察�hard´breathing。 'Have ye fought��'
She asked of Lancelot。 'Ay�察�my Queen��' he said。
'And hast thou overthrown him��' 'Ay�察�my Queen。'
Then she�察�turning to Pelleas�察�'O young knight��
Hath the great heart of knighthood in thee failed
So far thou canst not bide�察�unfrowardly��
A fall from him��' Then�察�for he answered not��
'Or hast thou other griefs�拭 �If I�察�the Queen��
May help them�察�loose thy tongue�察�and let me know。'
But Pelleas lifted up an eye so fierce
She quailed�察�and he�察�hissing 'I have no sword��'
Sprang from the door into the dark。 The Queen
Looked hard upon her lover�察�he on her��
And each foresaw the dolorous day to be��
And all talk died�察�as in a grove all song
Beneath the shadow of some bird of prey��
Then a long silence came upon the hall��
And Modred thought�察�'The time is hard at hand。'
The Last Tournament
Dagonet�察�the fool�察�whom Gawain in his mood
Had made mock´knight of Arthur's Table Round��
At Camelot�察�high above the yellowing woods��
Danced like a withered leaf before the hall。
And toward him from the hall�察�with harp in hand��
And from the crown thereof a carcanet
Of ruby swaying to and fro�察�the prize
Of Tristram in the jousts of yesterday��
Came Tristram�察�saying�察�'Why skip ye so�察�Sir Fool��'
For Arthur and Sir Lancelot riding once
Far down beneath a winding wall of rock
Heard a child wail。 A stump of oak half´dead��
From roots like some black coil of carven snakes��
Clutched at the crag�察�and started through mid air
Bearing an eagle's nest�此 �and through the tree
Rushed ever a rainy wind�察�and through the wind
Pierced ever a child's cry�此 �and crag and tree
Scaling�察�Sir Lancelot from the perilous nest��
This ruby necklace thrice around her neck��
And all unscarred from beak or talon�察�brought
A maiden babe�察�which Arthur pitying took��
Then gave it to his Queen to rear�此 �the Queen
But coldly acquiescing�察�in her white arms
Received�察�and after loved it tenderly��
And named it Nestling�察�so forgot herself
A moment�察�and her cares�察�till that young life
Being smitten in mid heaven with mortal cold
Past from her�察�and in time the carcanet
Vext her with plaintive memories of the child��
So she�察�delivering it to Arthur�察�said��
'Take thou the jewels of this dead innocence��
And make them�察�an thou wilt�察�a tourney´prize。'
To whom the King�察�'Peace to thine eagle´borne
Dead nestling�察�and this honour after death��
Following thy will� �but�察�O my Queen�察�I muse
Why ye not wear on arm�察�or neck�察�or zone
Those diamonds that I rescued from the tarn��
And Lancelot won�察�methought�察�for thee to wear。'
'Would rather you had let them fall��' she cried��
'Plunge and be lostill´fated as they were��
A bitterness to me��ye look amazed��
Not knowing they were lost as soon as given
Slid from my hands�察�when I was leaning out
Above the riverthat unhappy child
Past in her barge�此 �but rosier luck will go
With these rich jewels�察�seeing that they came
Not from the skeleton of a brother´slayer��
But the sweet body of a maiden babe。
Perchancewho knows��the purest of thy knights
May win them for the purest of my maids。'
She ended�察�and the cry of a great jousts
With trumpet´blowings ran on all the ways
From Camelot in among the faded fields
To furthest towers�察�and everywhere th