"This from the King!"—phantoms in fog rode off.

And what remains? From Camelot to Gore

That right she weeping fled; then to the shore,—

As that romancer tells,—Avilion,

Where she hath Majesty gold-crowned yet wan;

In darkest cypress a frail pitious face

Queenly and lovely; 'round sad eyes the trace

Of immemorial tears as for some crime:

They future fixed, expectant of the time

When the forgiving Arthur cometh and