the Equinox - The Hermetic Library

the Equinox - The Hermetic Library the Equinox - The Hermetic Library

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34 SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT He was so sick and ill at ease And hot against his fellow men, He thought to end his purpose then— Nay! let him seek new lands and seas, Sir Palamede the Saracen!

XIII SIR PALAMEDE is come anon Into a blue delicious bay. A mountain towers thereupon, Wherein some fiend of ages gone Is whelmed by God, yet from his breast Spits up the flame, and ashes grey. Hereby Sir Palamede his quest Pursues withouten let or rest. Seeing the evil mountain be, Remembering all his evil years, He knows the Questing Beast runs free— Author of Evil, then, is he! Whereat immediate resounds The noise he hath sought so long: appears There quest a thirty couple hounds Within its belly as it bounds. Lifting his eyes, he sees at last The beast he seeks: 'tis like an hart. Ever it courseth far and fast. Sir Palamede is sore aghast, 35

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SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT<br />

He was so sick and ill at ease<br />

And hot against his fellow men,<br />

He thought to end his purpose <strong>the</strong>n—<br />

Nay! let him seek new lands and seas,<br />

Sir Palamede <strong>the</strong> Saracen!

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