Unto great Arthur’s court and be his bride,

And I will be that olden Launcelot

In shape and seeming, though I hold a devil.

Oh never more, mine Arthur, will I look

With peace and frankness on thy noble face.

’Twixt thee and me a wall is builded up

Of hideous evil. Guinevere, my love,

We were damned long ago, and this be hell.

Guin. Oh most unfortunate me, thou art not Arthur,

And I am Guinevere and I have loved.