CHAPTER VI
OF THE ROUND TABLE AND KING ARTHUR’S BATTLES
“Ah, Minstrels! when the Table Round
Arose, with all its warriors crown’d,
There was a theme for bards to sound
In triumph to their string!”—Scott.
“A Knight of Arthur, working out his will
To cleanse the world.”—Tennyson.
“Full fifteen years, and more, were sped;
Each brought new wreaths to Arthur’s head.
Twelve bloody fields, with glory fought,