...Arthur" of a lake under the wintry moon, he achieves a veritable miracle of realistic picture : — He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came oft the shining levels of the lake. He is great whenever he touches a river, greater still whenever...

...be designated Furies. CHAPTER XX XIV. PALO.— ALSIUM. Alsia proilegitur tellus. RUTILIUS. J. ? 2^ , The place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of...ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind siu;g, Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. TENNYSON. PALO is well known to travellers as the half-way...

...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...

...descends : — So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tomhs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights,...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...

...represent the imaginary (scene of the poet — " Vt here lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knigMs, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam." Near at hand the visitor should notice a cliff of beautiful outline and varied colouring, rising abruptly...

...sharp rocks down which the path to the lake descends : — So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...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...

...sharp rocks down which the path to the lake descends : — So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...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...

...the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tomhs, Where lay the mighty hones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind...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...

...wounded man. Yet I thy hest will all perform at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...bones of ancient men, 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...

...their Saxon equivalents. VII. Paraphrase the following : So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...shining levels of the lake ; There drew he forth the broad Excalibur, And o'er him drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud,...