I of such brightness!—of that love of her."

Then doffing that great baldric, with the sword

To him he gave: "And this from him, my lord

King Arthur; even his Excalibur,

The sovereign blade, which Merlin gat of her,

The Ladye of the Lake, who Launcelot

Fostered from infanthood, as well you wot,

In some wierd mere in Briogn's tangled lands

Of charms and mist; where filmy fairy bands

By lazy moons of Autumn spin their fill