In thee hath been King Arthur’s golden hall,
In thee the wise and worthies did repose.”—Old Poet.
“Slow sets the summer sun,
Slow fall the mists, and, closing, droop the flowers,
Faint in the gloaming dies the vesper bell,
And dreamland sleeps round golden Carduel.”—Lytton.
“When Arthur first in court began,
And was approvèd King,
By force of armes great victoreys wanne,
And conquest home did bring.”—Percy Reliques.