When Arthur, thy great father, knows his son,
His nobleness of heart will plead with him,
And when he sees what I have seen in thee,
A subtle greatness of the inner spirit,
Greater than even I, wise Merlin, have,
That prophesies a power for good or ill
Such as is rare mid men in this our age,
He will forget that outward lack of mould
In the strong, god-like, nobleness within.