Equinox I (04).pdf
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24 SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT His nails, and made his penance end, Clothing himself in steel and gold, Arming himself, his life to spend In vigil cold and wandering bold, Disdaining song and dalliance soft, Seeking one purpose to behold, And holding ever that aloft, Nor fearing God, nor heeding men. So thus his hermit habit doffed Sir Palamede the Saracen.
VIII KNOW ye where Druid dolmens rise In Wessex on the widow plain? Thither Sir Palamedes plies The spur, and shakes the rattling rein. He questions all men of the Beast. None answer. Is the quest in vain? With oaken crown there comes a priest In samite robes, with hazel wand, And worships at the gilded East. Ay! thither ride! The dawn beyond Must run the quarry of his quest. He rode as he were wood or fond, Until at night behoves him rest. —He saw the gilding far behind Out on the hills toward the West! With aimless fury hot and blind He flung him on a Viking ship. He slew the rover, and inclined 25
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VIII<br />
KNOW ye where Druid dolmens rise<br />
In Wessex on the widow plain?<br />
Thither Sir Palamedes plies<br />
The spur, and shakes the rattling rein.<br />
He questions all men of the Beast.<br />
None answer. Is the quest in vain?<br />
With oaken crown there comes a priest<br />
In samite robes, with hazel wand,<br />
And worships at the gilded East.<br />
Ay! thither ride! The dawn beyond<br />
Must run the quarry of his quest.<br />
He rode as he were wood or fond,<br />
Until at night behoves him rest.<br />
—He saw the gilding far behind<br />
Out on the hills toward the West!<br />
With aimless fury hot and blind<br />
He flung him on a Viking ship.<br />
He slew the rover, and inclined<br />
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