Tennyson's Idylls of the King: Gareth And Lynette; Lancelot And Elaine; the Passing of Arthur;
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2 Command. i6o Idylls of the King That both his eyes were dazzled as he stood, This way and that dividing the swift mind, In act to throw : but at the last it seem'd Better to leave Excalibur conceal'd • 230 There in Ibe many-knotted waterllags, That whistled stiff and dry about the marge. So strode he back slow to the wounded King. Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere : ' Hast thou perform'd my mission which I gave ? 235 What is it thou hast seen ? or what hast heard ? ' And answer made the ...bold Sir Bedivere : ' I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag.' To whom replied King Arthur, faint and pale : 240 ' Thou hast betray'd thy nature and thy name, Not rendering true answer, as beseem'd ^ Thy fealty,- nor like a noble knight : For surer sign had follow'd, either hand, Or voice, or else a motion of the mere. 245 This is a shameful thing for men to lie. Yet nov\S I charge thee, quickly go again. As thou art lief ^ and dear, and do the thing I bade thee, watch, and lightly bring me word.' Then went Sir Bedivere the second time 250 Across the ridge, and paced beside the mere, 1 Befitted.
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