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Idylls of the King

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

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Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, Is it then so well?
Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, A sound is in his ears’?
The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?
Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”
He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.
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Idylls of the King

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Idylls of the King is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?
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Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?
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The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverenceOr have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?
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Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”
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He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?”

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A

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

all

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

and

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

Arthur

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

as

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

at

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

back

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

be

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

bearing

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

beast

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

bidden

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

blame

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

brute

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

By

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

city

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

command

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

confusion

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

deeds

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

doors

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

Down

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

dreamed

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

ears

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

ever

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

fallen

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

fear

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

flat

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

followed

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

foot

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

from

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

gate

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

glance

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

go

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

half-loyal

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

have

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

he

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

him

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

his

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

I

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

in

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

into

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

Is

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

it

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

King

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

knights

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

Lancelot

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

less

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

lest

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

loiters

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

lower

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

manhood

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

manner

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

mine

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

more

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

my

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

no

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

noble

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

North

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

Of

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

oft

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

one

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

only

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

Or

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

our

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

realm

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

Reel

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

reverence

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

rode

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

rose

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

saying

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

seem

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

seems

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

sharply

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

slope

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

so

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

somewhat

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

sound

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

spoke

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

taking

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

Tells

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From this reading The foot that loiters, bidden go,—the glance That only seems half-loyal to command,— A manner somewhat fallen from reverence— Or have I dreamed the bearing of our knights Tells of a manhood ever less and lower?

that

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

the

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

Then

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

they

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

this

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

to

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

Turned

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

upreared

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

violences

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

vows

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

was

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

well

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

whence

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

while

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

whom

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

with

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From this reading Or whence the fear lest this my realm, upreared, By noble deeds at one with noble vows, From flat confusion and brute violences, Reel back into the beast, and be no more?”

without

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From this reading Then Arthur rose and Lancelot followed him, And while they stood without the doors, the King Turned to him saying, “Is it then so well?

written

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From this reading Or mine the blame that oft I seem as he Of whom was written, ‘A sound is in his ears’?

younger

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From this reading He spoke, and taking all his younger knights, Down the slope city rode, and sharply turned North by the gate.

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Regum
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Arthurus
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