Witchcraft
How strangely there the drowsy silence swelled,
Full of swift meaning, instant and intense.
Full of swift meaning, instant and intense.
And many yielded to that smile and leapt
Entrancéd to their feet. Her red robe crept
In clinging folds around her; on she swept
Along the mystic streets of Camelot.
Famed knights were they who followed:—Pelleas,
Gareth, and more (as phantom armies pass,
So moved they), Tristram, Gawain, Lancelot.
Entrancéd to their feet. Her red robe crept
In clinging folds around her; on she swept
Along the mystic streets of Camelot.
Famed knights were they who followed:—Pelleas,
Gareth, and more (as phantom armies pass,
So moved they), Tristram, Gawain, Lancelot.
Then cried the king, 'Alas! my knights no more
Honour the vows they made, as heretofore,
They learn a newer life, a newer lore!'
Sir Galahad and pure Sir Percivale,
Honour the vows they made, as heretofore,
They learn a newer life, a newer lore!'
Sir Galahad and pure Sir Percivale,
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