 ELAINE. ELAINE the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot; Which first she placed where morning's earliest ray Might strike it, and awake her with the...  Who is the Heir?: A Novel - Seite 237von Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1865Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1860 - 620 Seiten
...the desired effect. Thus, in the commencement of a charming idyll, third of the present series — " Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine the lily maid of Astolat," each term is separately trite and simple ; and taken together they suggest only a pleasing outline... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 Seiten
...woman, and Tennyson could no more describe a bad woman than Fra Angelico could have painted one. Only "Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine the lily maid of Astolat," wins us with her beauty, and melts us with her hapless love. It is to her sorrows, and to the repentance... | |
 | 1859 - 588 Seiten
...number of the extracts with which we present them. We now come to the third Idyll, called " Elaine." Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, guards in her chamber the shield of Sir Lancelot, for which she has embroidered a silken cover answering... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 Seiten
...Adown the forest, and the thicket closed Behind her, and the forest echoed, "Fool !" ELAINE ELAINE. ELAINE the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the East Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot ; Which first she... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 624 Seiten
...the desired effect. Thus, in the commencement of a charming idyll, third of the present series — " Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine the lily maid of Astolat," each term is separately trite and simple ; and taken together they suggest only a pleasing outline... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 232 Seiten
...Adown the forest, and the thicket closed Behind her, and the forest echoed, "Fool!" ELAINE. ELAINE. ELAINE the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the East Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot ; Which first she... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 Seiten
...harlot leapt Adown the forest, and the thicket closed Helmut her, and the forest echo'd " fool." ELAINE. ELAINE the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily' maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot; Which first she placed... | |
 | Mary Bramston - 1872 - 374 Seiten
...me to finish my pipe over." And sitting down, Escott turned to the page which begins the story of " Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine the lily maid of Astolat." He did not go to bed until he had finished the poem ; and then he seemed to be dreaming about it all... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 Seiten
...looked A knot, beneath, of snakes, — aloft a grove." — Idylls. ELAINE AND THE SHIELD or LAUHCELOT. " Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, }ligh in her chamber up a tower to the east, Guarded the sacred shield of Lanncelot. . . . Nor resting... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 Seiten
...Adown the forest, and the thicket closed Behind her, and the forest echo'd "fool." LANCELOT AND ELAINE. ELAINE the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot ; Which first she... | |
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