...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt : Tor all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest...

...hand of Bedevere is now cast into the sea. What a wondrous piece of word-painting is that scene, — There drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing it, the whiter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth, And sparkled keen with frost against...

...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...up through the poem. Excalibur does not merely sparkle in the moonlight with its jewelled hilt, but The winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long...forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt. , Sir Bedivere does not doubt whether he shall throw the sword, but stands This way and that, dividing...

...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...noble brand, and of Sir Bedivere's unwillingness to restore it to the Lady of the Lake :— " Then drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing...all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz lights, and jacinth work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both his eyes were dazzled...

...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks. Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth- work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both...

...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical aquora may have suggested the ' shining levels/ but there is a deeper reason for the...

...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical cequora may have suggested the ' shining levels'; but there is a deeper reason for the...