Merlin
as he paced a
muffled echo,
palace and out t
ondered hard, co
's apatheti
s knocking ma
to others ne
, were near hi
once the wise
agonet, who
love of him a
e might have
much; and aft
summoned, with
r crowns, the fo
s had made o
lliance, an
rittany, Merlin,
ief had strife
le for the t
heavy wealth
foreign tasse
ow for a wiz
r the King's re
of a lost
and unconsci
g's heart lay
ll have left h
y it, saying w
ue. This Merli
My crown is
s than woman
s one reading
blets in the a
since you are
, and that's a
earsay or des
meat with bit
re more famish
you refuse. Fo
e yourself, you
sundry looks
loved, and by
knew for fa
oon that you ar
lasted, and sa
ith a crown.
ay this to you
d me say no m
at with folded
elt, unfought
hell-fire, t
se who are to
when they are
covet withou
ending eminen
ictory, could
the serpents
ke: "Merlin, yo
an who could
y so much to
erlin still,
ng when I tho
ry now. Say
e, and I sh
me shall hide
ay in this i
inned and erre
d where you your
smiling to th
ur incongruous
ave. God save
er, the founder,
gold of your i
d that gave it
an has you in
ing me now wi
are all poison
t why poison m
enom that I
ns and wars? W
d, flouted, m
ts rats eat h
fingers to fig
ch as that,
ought himself
king who bui
, and hears the
ottering, as he
an who made m
e, say a
strick
t was old, be
s, made answe
f Lancelot a
any morta
or to make
violent years
to a sounding
rike for war.
our and then b
bscurations
been your lo
force be slowe
t be sharper t
e fall heavier
ell to Camelot
have lost, or
horoscope of
arry words tha
ther now tha
all be given
one life;
mminent when
ounded the S
be too much
gs, and what he
ong a vexed
lm of stains an
ways of God a
night who is t
or the least w
oombs and holl
never ente
im you trust
ver jeopardi
t evil-fated
tten, though y
s your sister
odred now,
ate plans your
mile till he be
to an unfor
t he shake a
too much lying
th to steer the
u the fathe
h to be the l
of time that
an it is you
he old seeds
ourished an
come to be.
rst; and you nee
love, the love
ow your Kingdom
ke it from yo
ake it from
ong when we ar
schief's other
ll, for I can
ise the Hermit,
re than I have
he alone was
e and paced t
mfort of dark
ot that you ca
I can hear
ask for more.
night comes to
nd the glory
see no Grail. F
d, and I shall
Merlin. "Once
ied. I shall
have it othe
that was never
oes alone too
r another. G
what is comin
Like you, I
g Arthur's app
obscure and r
ught was on th
ld see the l
for Brittany;
ore the King
arker for r
all provisi
early convoy
mped the past.
nd him like th
e; and he was
to meet with
omething colde
f intolera
stung him unt
r lived amon
st as once h
more than all
me first," so
d me not in
celot!" He cu
is misery, an
n if he had
ights, till
d Percival, r
Gareth, and g
aves,-or they w
ake them so; a
the cause. "Go
olly carry me
and he smil
s he thought: "Y
with even my so
will sing fo
not too merry
having entered
e affrighted,
cause I call
ngry, Dagon
saying what
that you broug
ncied; and
e of anyth
no regrets,
Merlin was
heard no man
I said only
their neighbor
erlin here, and
ood. Gawaine
ndful of yo
not, and we ma
r, makes light
looking down. "
Round Table
eak of midnight
-one of those
ed of old, when
more stars twin
rs that are
the king of s
an old
t's qu
n the King's; a
y, than even t
hovering o
aid, "I cannot
nd me I shal
il; for there
t, or even in t
rdly follow w
ill me-but I
down then on
ile he clutched th
for wha
e, Da
l my knight, or
up, and get y
nother time f
your covers an
the King sa
e friend left,
m as of thems
ool. Poor Dag
e a fool, w
ore to make the
er was!' ... Fool,
long awake.
his tonight; an
he cold eyes
had stabbed h
me struck fire,
ft him-with a
, and a sickeni
ession. He t
y the dead, l
mariners on
ntries, wastrel
aying somewher
s now aslee
ng."-"God save
ow a king to
giants risin
of memories
gray-lit i
o fade out an
might be sleep,
ain be peace.
but the rest
ing hard where
at was not, ev
e dust and thu
onfirmation
so much and f
was to be. N
led the last n
agging anguis
than Arthur,
rkness and of
ever crashe
inland that
ars among the
King were mem
ons that were