the Equinox - The Hermetic Library
the Equinox - The Hermetic Library the Equinox - The Hermetic Library
94 THE HIGH HISTORY OF GOOD He woke. Before him stands and grins A motley hunchback. “Knave!” quoth he, “Hast seen the Beast? The quest that wins The loftiest prize of chivalry?” “Sir Knight,” he answers, “hast thou seen Aught of that Beast? How knowest thou, then, That it is ever or hath been, Sir Palamede the Saracen?” Sir Palamede was well awake. “Nay! I deliberate deep and long, Yet find no answer fit to make To thee. The weak beats down the strong; The fool's cap shames the helm. But thou! I know thee for the shade that haunts My way, sets shame upon my brow, My purpose dims, my courage daunts. Then, since the thinker must be dumb, At least the knight may knightly act: The wisest monk in Christendom May have his skull broke by a fact.” With that, as a snake strikes, his sword Leapt burning to the burning blue; And fell, one swift, assured award, Stabbing that hunchback through and through.
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT Straight he dissolved, a voiceless shade. “Or scotched or slain,” the knight said then, “What odds? Keep bright and sharp thy blade, Sir Palamede the Saracen!” 95
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94<br />
THE HIGH HISTORY OF GOOD<br />
He woke. Before him stands and grins<br />
A motley hunchback. “Knave!” quoth he,<br />
“Hast seen <strong>the</strong> Beast? <strong>The</strong> quest that wins<br />
<strong>The</strong> loftiest prize of chivalry?”<br />
“Sir Knight,” he answers, “hast thou seen<br />
Aught of that Beast? How knowest thou, <strong>the</strong>n,<br />
That it is ever or hath been,<br />
Sir Palamede <strong>the</strong> Saracen?”<br />
Sir Palamede was well awake.<br />
“Nay! I deliberate deep and long,<br />
Yet find no answer fit to make<br />
To <strong>the</strong>e. <strong>The</strong> weak beats down <strong>the</strong> strong;<br />
<strong>The</strong> fool's cap shames <strong>the</strong> helm. But thou!<br />
I know <strong>the</strong>e for <strong>the</strong> shade that haunts<br />
My way, sets shame upon my brow,<br />
My purpose dims, my courage daunts.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n, since <strong>the</strong> thinker must be dumb,<br />
At least <strong>the</strong> knight may knightly act:<br />
<strong>The</strong> wisest monk in Christendom<br />
May have his skull broke by a fact.”<br />
With that, as a snake strikes, his sword<br />
Leapt burning to <strong>the</strong> burning blue;<br />
And fell, one swift, assured award,<br />
Stabbing that hunchback through and through.