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Leodogran the King of Cameliard	A
Had one fair daughter and none other child	A
And she was the fairest of all flesh on earth	B
Guinevere and in her his one delight	A
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For many a petty king ere Arthur came	C
Ruled in this isle and ever waging war	D
Each upon other wasted all the land	A
And still from time to time the heathen host	A
Swarmed overseas and harried what was left	A
And so there grew great tracts of wilderness	E
Wherein the beast was ever more and more	D
But man was less and less till Arthur came	C
For first Aurelius lived and fought and died	A
And after him King Uther fought and died	A
But either failed to make the kingdom one	F
And after these King Arthur for a space	G
And through the puissance of his Table Round	A
Drew all their petty princedoms under him	H
Their king and head and made a realm and reigned	A
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And thus the land of Cameliard was waste	A
Thick with wet woods and many a beast therein	I
And none or few to scare or chase the beast	A
So that wild dog and wolf and boar and bear	J
Came night and day and rooted in the fields	K
And wallowed in the gardens of the King	L
And ever and anon the wolf would steal	M
The children and devour but now and then	N
Her own brood lost or dead lent her fierce teat	A
To human sucklings and the children housed	A
In her foul den there at their meat would growl	O
And mock their foster mother on four feet	A
Till straightened they grew up to wolf like men	N
Worse than the wolves And King Leodogran	N
Groaned for the Roman legions here again	N
And Csar's eagle then his brother king	L
Urien assailed him last a heathen horde	A
Reddening the sun with smoke and earth with blood	A
And on the spike that split the mother's heart	A
Spitting the child brake on him till amazed	A
He knew not whither he should turn for aid	A
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But for he heard of Arthur newly crowned	A
Though not without an uproar made by those	P
Who cried He is not Uther's son' the King	L
Sent to him saying Arise and help us thou	Q
For here between the man and beast we die '	-
	-
And Arthur yet had done no deed of arms	R
But heard the call and came and Guinevere	J
Stood by the castle walls to watch him pass	S
But since he neither wore on helm or shield	A
The golden symbol of his kinglihood	A
But rode a simple knight among his knights	T
And many of these in richer arms than he	U
She saw him not or marked not if she saw	V
One among many though his face was bare	J
But Arthur looking downward as he past	A
Felt the light of her eyes into his life	W
Smite on the sudden yet rode on and pitched	A
His tents beside the forest Then he drave	W
The heathen after slew the beast and felled	A
The forest letting in the sun and made	A
Broad pathways for the hunter and the knight	A
And so returned	A
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For while he lingered there	J
A doubt that ever smouldered in the hearts	X
Of those great Lords and Barons of his realm	Y
Flashed forth and into war for most of these	Z
Colleaguing with a score of petty kings	A2
Made head against him crying Who is he	U
That he should rule us who hath proven him	H
King Uther's son for lo we look at him	H
And find nor face nor bearing limbs nor voice	B2
Are like to those of Uther whom we knew	N
This is the son of Gorlos not the King	L
This is the son of Anton not the King '	-
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And Arthur passing thence to battle felt	A
Travail and throes and agonies of the life	W
Desiring to be joined with Guinevere	J
And thinking as he rode Her father said	A
That there between the man and beast they die	A
Shall I not lift her from this land of beasts	C2
Up to my throne and side by side with me	U
What happiness to reign a lonely king	L
Vext O ye stars that shudder over me	U
O earth that soundest hollow under me	U
Vext with waste dreams for saving I be joined	A
To her that is the fairest under heaven	N
I seem as nothing in the mighty world	A
And cannot will my will nor work my work	D2
Wholly nor make myself in mine own realm	Y
Victor and lord But were I joined with her	J
Then might we live together as one life	W
And reigning with one will in everything	L
Have power on this dark land to lighten it	A
And power on this dead world to make it live '	-
	-
Thereafter as he speaks who tells the tale	E2
When Arthur reached a field of battle bright	A
With pitched pavilions of his foe the world	A
Was all so clear about him that he saw	V
The smallest rock far on the faintest hill	F2
And even in high day the morning star	J
So when the King had set his banner broad	A
At once from either side with trumpet blast	A
And shouts and clarions shrilling unto blood	A
The long lanced battle let their horses run	N
And now the Barons and the kings prevailed	A
And now the King as here and there that war	J
Went swaying but the Powers who walk the world	A
Made lightnings and great thunders over him	H
And dazed all eyes till Arthur by main might	A
And mightier of his hands with every blow	G2
And leading all his knighthood threw the kings	A2
Cardos Urien Cradlemont of Wales	H2
Claudias and Clariance of Northumberland	A
The King Brandagoras of Latangor	J
With Anguisant of Erin Morganore	J
And Lot of Orkney Then before a voice	B2
As dreadful as the shout of one who sees	Z
To one who sins and deems himself alone	N
And all the world asleep they swerved and brake	I2
Flying and Arthur called to stay the brands	J2
That hacked among the flyers Ho they yield '	-
So like a painted battle the war stood	A
Silenced the living quiet as the dead	A
And in the heart of Arthur joy was lord	A
He laughed upon his warrior whom he loved	A
And honoured most Thou dost not doubt me King	L
So well thine arm hath wrought for me today '	-
Sir and my liege ' he cried the fire of God	A
Descends upon thee in the battle field	A
I know thee for my King ' Whereat the two	N
For each had warded either in the fight	A
Sware on the field of death a deathless love	W
And Arthur said Man's word is God in man	N
Let chance what will I trust thee to the death '	-
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Then quickly from the foughten field he sent	A
Ulfius and Brastias and Bedivere	J
His new made knights to King Leodogran	N
Saying If I in aught have served thee well	K2
Give me thy daughter Guinevere to wife '	-
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Whom when he heard Leodogran in heart	A
Debating How should I that am a king	L
However much he holp me at my need	A
Give my one daughter saving to a king	L
And a king's son ' lifted his voice and called	A
A hoary man his chamberlain to whom	L2
He trusted all things and of him required	A
His counsel Knowest thou aught of Arthur's birth '	-
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Then spake the hoary chamberlain and said	A
Sir King there be but two old men that know	N
And each is twice as old as I and one	N
Is Merlin the wise man that ever served	A
King Uther through his magic art and one	N
Is Merlin's master so they call him Bleys	J2
Who taught him magic but the scholar ran	N
Before the master and so far that Bleys	J2
Laid magic by and sat him down and wrote	A
All things and whatsoever Merlin did	A
In one great annal book where after years	J2
Will learn the secret of our Arthur's birth '	-
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To whom the King Leodogran replied	A
O friend had I been holpen half as well	K2
By this King Arthur as by thee today	A
Then beast and man had had their share of me	U
But summon here before us yet once more	J
Ulfius and Brastias and Bedivere '	-
	-
Then when they came before him the King said	A
I have seen the cuckoo chased by lesser fowl	O
And reason in the chase but wherefore now	N
Do these your lords stir up the heat of war	J
Some calling Arthur born of Gorlos	J2
Others of Anton Tell me ye yourselves	J2
Hold ye this Arthur for King Uther's son '	-
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And Ulfius and Brastias answered Ay '	-
Then Bedivere the first of all his knights	J2
Knighted by Arthur at his crowning spake	I2
For bold in heart and act and word was he	U
Whenever slander breathed against the King	L
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Sir there be many rumours on this head	A
For there be those who hate him in their hearts	J2
Call him baseborn and since his ways are sweet	A
And theirs are bestial hold him less tha	Q

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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