420 His long lovely locks he lays over backward, His left foot on the floor he thrusts before Let the axe lightly light on the bare neck, So that the bright blade all the bones severs And many filliped it with their feet as it The blood gushed from the body and glistened on the green; But neither faltered nor fell the fearsome XX For the hede in his honde he haldez up even, To-ward the derrest 41 on the dece 42 he dressez 43 the face, And hit lyfte up the yye-lyddez," and loked ful brode, And meled 45 thus much with his muthe, as ye may now here. 1 head 2 high dered 7 cut cut 17 14 9 5 6 sun XX For the head in his hand he holds up even, Toward the most daring on the dais he addresses the face; And it lifted up its eyelids and looked about it, And held discourse high, as you shall now hear. 37 men 38 34 39 30 4 ground 3 left 26 where 27 edge 29 28 lovely immediately goes 31 horse 32 stirrup 33 pure gristle divided 10 two 11 bit, 35 fellow steadily as if 12 neck iз fell 15 thrust 36 16 where many in the place though 40 by turned fear 18 shone 19 neither 20 spouted 41 bravest man never the the time his remarks were made roughly 25 reached 42 dais 43 directs 44 eye-lids spoke 21 45 To be yarely yielded on New Year's morning. As the Knight of the Green Chapel, I am known to many; Thou shalt not fail to find me if faithfully thou triest; Therefore come or coward to be called shall behoove thee." With reckless roughness the reins he twitches, Hurls out of the hall-door, his head in his hand, So that fire from the flint flew from his steed's hoofs. To what region he rode none could say rightly, 460 Any more than they wist by what way he had come. What then? 1 ready 2 didst promise 3 seek faithfully 5 man promised 7 hearing & go 9 on foot 10 blow 11 hast 26 14 promptly paid many men know 31 15 me therefore 16 enquirest 17 18 or 19 rushed 20 flew 21 from the horse's hoofs 22 sudden noise to 35 40 nevertheless 19 50 Bifore that spot my honde I spennd,12 22 25 160 More mervayle con my dom adaunt; schere 34 32 And brought me comfort, my spirit to heal, 20 Many strange fancies did it reveal To think that her fairness earth should clot! O grave, the rarest of gems thou dost seal, My own dear pearl without a spot. 50 Before that spot my hands I spread, A bed among the flowers I sought; XIV More wonder my judgment stole away; A crystal cliff as clear as day, Its royal rays gleamed through the air; 160 A mannerly maiden, debonair, I knew her well, I had seen her ere. XV The more I questioned her fair face 31 into a dream a greater wonder daunted my judgment saw pleasant water 28 gleaming many a royal gleam arose from it 30 child grace 32 gleaming white was her attire 33 before 34 that one has refined 35 so shone that beautiful one beneath the cliff 36 a long time 37 the longer I looked the more certainly I knew her 38 questioned 39 when I had examined 40 such delight 1 lift up 2 prosperity does but oppress my heart grievously distress swell and burn the 7 float 8 quiet hour 29 O clod 10 earth many things 11 jewel 12 stretched out 13 that seized upon me a secret sorrow lay in my heart 15 though reason reconciled all difficulties 16 lamented 17 taken away 18 timid reasons 19 fought hard though Christ's nature taught me comfort 22 wrought bed of flowers 23 brains 24 I slided 20 21 was came to me XX 231 All decked with pearls that precious piece Took off the wondrous crown she wore, XXI "O Pearl," quoth I, "with pearls bedight, 241 What Weird hath hither my jewel Me here in sorrow and stress to find? A joyless jeweler 'mid my kind." 252 are taught greeted me pleasantly answer 19 lamented 20 alone by night 21 suffered secretly 22 since thou didst slip away from me into the grass 23 weakened 24 worn with grief 25 and thou in a life of delightful pleasure 26 land 27 what fate has brought my jewel hither put me in this grief since we were drawn apart and separated possessor of jewels 30 29 28 |