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The defence of Guenevere and other poems. Pocket ed
The defence of Guenevere and other poems Pocket ed Author:William Morris Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OLD LOVE YOU must be very old, Sir Giles, I said ; he said: Yea, very old ! Whereat the mournfullest of smiles Creased his dry skin with many a fold. They... more » hammer'd out my basnet point Into a round salade, he said, The basnet being quite out of joint, Natheless the salade rasps my head. He gazed at the great fire awhile: And you are getting old, Sir John ; (He said this with that cunning smile That was most sad) we both wear on ; Knights come to court and look at me, With eyebrows up ; except my lord, And my dear lady, none I see That know the ways of ray old sword. (My lady ! at that word no pang Stopp'd all my blood). But tell me, John, Is it quite true that Pagans hang So thick about the east, that on The eastern sea no Venice 'flag Gan fly' unpaid for ? True, I said, And in such way the miscreants drag Christ'scross.upon the ground, I dread That CoriStanthie mttst fall this year. Within nJy heart, these things are small; This is not small, that things outwear I thought were made for ever, yea, all, AH things go soon'or'fete, 'I said. I saw the duke in court'next day ; Just as before, his grand great head Above his gold robes dreaming lay, Only his face,was paler ; there I saw his duchess sit, by him v And she, she was changed,more;; her. hr Before, ray eyes trat used to swim, And make me dizzy with great bljss Once, wen I used, to w,atch he, sit, Her hair is bright still, yet,it is. As though some dust were thrown, Qiv.it. Her eyes are shallower, as though Some grey glass were behind; her brow And cheeks the straining bones show through, Are not so good for kjssing now. Her lips are drier, npw she is A great, dune's wife these many years, They will not shudder with a kiss A...« less