{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/arthur/art197.htm","path":"neu/arthur/art197.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/arthur/art197.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends/Sagas\u00a0\n England\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n An Arthurian Miscellany\n BALLAD OF SIR LAUNCELOT\n by\n JOHN GROSVENOR WILSON\n \n \"Riding the quest of the Grail alone, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Guinevere, Guinevere, pity me! \n All thro' the day and the night I moan, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yearning to catch but a glimpse of thee. \n Tho' I make halt by the wan west sea, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Seeking a sign in the high God's name, \n Lo, as I tremble and bow the knee, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gleameth thy face with the eyes aflame! \n \n \"Me have I scourged till the blood hath flown, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Weeping hot tears of misery; \n Still thro' the day and the night I moan, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yearning to catch but a glimpse of thee. -- \n Yea, have I striven and sought to flee, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ever and ever the same -- the same -- \n Blinding my soul with sweet rarity, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gleameth thy face with the eyes aflame! \n \n \"Sleeping, I dreamed that the Grail was shown, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Marvellous bright with clemency; \n Waking, I lay on the chancel-stone -- \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ah, but I yearned for the touch of thee! -- \n Tho' I may bow and make piteous plea \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Unto the Christ and our Holy Dame, \n Sweeter by far than all visions be, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gleameth thy face with the eyes aflame.\" \n \n ENVOY. \n \n Guinevere maketh a day of glee, -- \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"Who is it cometh to join our game?\" -- \n \"Launcelot rideth with bridle free, \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gleameth thy face with the eyes aflame.\" \n \n \n \n Next: Excalibur, by John Grosvenor Wilson [1886]","title":"Arthurian Miscellany: Ballad of Sir Launcelot, by John Grosvenor Wilson [1886]","type":"page"}