Idylls of the King Quotes

‘Am I so bold, and could I so stand by, And see my dear lord wounded in the strife, Or maybe pierced to death before mien eyes, And yet not dare to tell him what I think, And...

‘Sir and my liege,’ he cried, ‘the fire of GodDescends upon thee in the battle-field.I know thee for my King!’ Whereat the two,For each had warded other in the fight,Sware on the field of d...

And Arthur said, ‘Man’s word is God in man.’(“Coming of Arthur,” 132)

And still from time to time the heathen hostSwarm’d over-seas, and harried what was left.And so there grew great tracts of wilderness,Wherein the beast was ever more and moreBut man was less and...

‘Sir, there be many rumors on this head:For there be those who hate him in their hearts,Call him baseborn, and since his ways are sweet,And theirs are bestial, hold him less than man;And there be...

[…] ‘Her father saidThat there between the man and beast they die.Shall I not lift her from this land of beastsUp to my throne and side by side with me?What happiness to reign a lonely king,Vex...

[…] ‘ Seeing that thy realmHath prosper’d in the name of Christ, the KingTook, as in rival heat, to holy things,And finds himself descended from the SaintArimathaean Joseph; him who firstBrou...

‘And near him stood the Lady of the Lake,Who knows a subtler magic than his own—Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful.She gave the King his huge cross-hilted sword,Whereby to drive the hea...