 And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels...  Poems - Page 6by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Churton Collins - Comparative literature - 1891 - 244 pages
...poem the bare statement 'So Sir Bedivere departed ' is expanded into a beautiful picture. He steps athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea- wind sang Shrill, chill; we see him passing by ' zig-zag paths and juts of pointed rock,' till... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1893 - 288 pages
...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping d< wn By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Caine on the shining levels of the lake. There drew... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1893 - 290 pages
...wounded man. Yet I thy hest will all perform at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word.' Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights,...stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, 50 Came on the shining levels of the lake. There drew he forth the brand Excalibur, And o'er him, drawing... | |
 | David Hoekzema - English poetry - 1893 - 368 pages
...at full, Watch what I see , and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept 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... | |
 | 1893 - 736 pages
...water, and the moon was full There Sir Bedivere left the King, and ' From the ruined shrine he stepped. And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Oid knights, and over them the sea-wind rang, Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1894 - 138 pages
...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word.' So saying, from the niin'd shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...the lake. There drew he forth the brand Excalibur, 220 And o'er him, drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth And... | |
 | William Edward Mead - English language - 1894 - 298 pages
...meadow, or nibbled the grass and buttercups there." * "So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake."3 There are occasions when force is not required, and only clearness and precision are desirable.... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 508 pages
...he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, 215 Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill,...the lake. There drew he forth the brand Excalibur, 220 And o'er him, drawing it, the winter moon. Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth And... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Arthurian romances - 1894 - 72 pages
...full, 20 Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang 25 Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down 14. fling him. Arthur regards the magic sword... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 488 pages
...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word.' So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, 215 Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down... | |
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