"EdwinArlingtonRobinson-Merlin" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robinson Edwin Arlington)MERLIN
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON I "Gawaine, Gawaine, what look ye for to see, So far beyond the faint edge of the world? D'ye look to see the lady Vivian, Pursued by divers ominous vile demons That have another king more fierce than ours? Or think ye that if ye look far enough And hard enough into the feathery west Ye'll have a glimmer of the Grail itself? And if ye look for neither Grail nor lady, What look ye for to see, Gawaine, Gawaine?" So Dagonet, whom Arthur made a knight Because he loved him as he laughed at him, Intoned his idle presence on a day To Gawaine, who had thought himself alone, Had there been in him thought of anything Save what was murmured now in Camelot Of Merlin's hushed and all but unconfirmed At first there was a ghost in Arthur's palace, But soon among the scullions and anon Among the knights a firmer credit held All tongues from uttering what all glances told-- Though not for long. Gawaine, this afternoon, Fearing he might say more to Lancelot Of Merlin's rumor-laden resurrection Than Lancelot would have an ear to cherish, Had sauntered off with his imagination To Merlin's Rock, where now there was no Merlin To meditate upon a whispering town Below him in the silence.--Once he said To Gawaine: "You are young; and that being so, Behold the shining city of our dreams And of our King."--"Long live the King," said Gawaine.-- "Long live the King," said Merlin after him; "Better for me that I shall not be King; Wherefore I say again, Long live the King, And add, God save him, also, and all kings-- All kings and queens. I speak in general. Kings have I known that were but weary men With no stout appetite for more than peace That was not made for them."--"Nor were they made For kings," Gawaine said, laughing.--"You are young, |
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