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And trust me not at all or all in all.

 

Idylls of the King ‘Merlin and Vivien’ (1859) l. 396

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Man dreams of fame while woman wakes to love.

 

Idylls of the King ‘Merlin and Vivien’ (1859) l. 458

His honour rooted in dishonour stood,

 

And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

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It is the little rift within the lute,

 

That by and by will make the music mute.

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Elaine the fair, Elaine the loveable,

 

Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat.

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Wearing the white flower of a blameless life,

 

Before a thousand peering littlenesses,

Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

 

‘The Higher Pantheism’ (1869)

O Love, O fire! once he drew

 

With one long kiss my whole soul through

For though from out our bourne of time and place

 

The flood may bear me far,

He clasps the crag with crookèd hands;

 

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

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