And when Gareth slept in the forests or on the wild mountain-sides, he often dreamed of the day that would come when his year’s wanderings were over, when Lyonors would be his wife, and together they would go back to King Arthur’s court, and he would at last be known to every one as Sir Gareth and a prince.
He dreamed, too, of the happier day, when he would take the beautiful Lyonors to his mother, and show her the mountain home he loved so well.
SIR GALAHAD AND THE SACRED CUP
‘My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure,’
sang Galahad gladly. He was only a boy, but he had just been made a knight by Sir Lancelot, and the old abbey, where he had lived all his life, rang with the echo of his song.
Sir Lancelot heard the boy’s clear voice singing in triumph. As he stopped to listen, he caught the words,
‘My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure,’
and the great knight wished he were a boy again, and could sing that song too.