. The poetic and dramatic works of Alfred lord Tennyson. s acts and his attire,Sweet heaven, how much I shall dis-credit him! 621Would he could tarry with us here awhile,But being so beholden to the prince,It were but little grace in any of us,Bent as he seemd on going this third day,To seek a second favor at his if he could but tarry a day or two,Myself would work eye dim and finger lameFar liefer than so much discredit him. THE MARRIAGE OF GERAINT 435 And Enid fell in longing for a dress 630 All branched and flowerd with gold, a costly giftOf her good mother, given her on the night
. The poetic and dramatic works of Alfred lord Tennyson. s acts and his attire,Sweet heaven, how much I shall dis-credit him! 621Would he could tarry with us here awhile,But being so beholden to the prince,It were but little grace in any of us,Bent as he seemd on going this third day,To seek a second favor at his if he could but tarry a day or two,Myself would work eye dim and finger lameFar liefer than so much discredit him. THE MARRIAGE OF GERAINT 435 And Enid fell in longing for a dress 630 All branched and flowerd with gold, a costly giftOf her good mother, given her on the nightBefore her birthday, three sad years ago,That night of fire, when Edyrn sackd their houseAnd scatterd all they had to all the winds; 8vMkKs ? ? ? ? For while the mother showd it, and the twoWere turning and admiring it, the workTo both appeard so costly, rose a cryThat Edyrns men were on them, and they fledWith little save the jewels they had on,Which being sold and sold had bought them bread. 641 And Edyrns men had caught them in their flight,. First, thou thyself, with damsel ami with dwari,Shalt ride to Arthurs court 436 IDYLLS OF THE KING And placed them in this ruin ; and she wishdThe prince had found her in her an-cient home;Then let her fancy flit across the past,And roam the goodly places that she knew ;And last bethought her how she used to that old home, a pool of golden carp;And one was patchd and blurrd and lustrelessAmong his burnishd brethren of the pool; ^ 650 And half asleep she made comparisonOf that and these to her own faded selfAnd the gay court, and fell asleep again,And dreamt herself was such a f^ded formAmong her burnishd sisters of the this was in the garden of a king,And tho she lay dark in the pool she knewThat all was bright; that all about were birdsOf sunny plume in gilded trellis-work ;That all the turf was rich in plots that lookd 660 Each like a garnet or a turkis in it;And lords and ladies of the high court wentIn silver tis
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