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Idylls of the King

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

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And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.
So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, Late! so late!
What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; Late, so late!”
Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”
Whereat full willingly sang the little maid.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Idylls of the King

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of Idylls of the King is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.
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So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!
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What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”
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Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”
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Whereat full willingly sang the little maid.

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Sanctuary noun US /ˈsæŋk.tʃu.er.i/

A place of safety, refuge, or holy retreat within the academy.

From this reading “And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.”

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!”

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a

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

abode

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

about

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

air

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

Almesbury

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

among

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

An

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

And

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

answer

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

as

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

ask

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

babbling

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

beauty

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

began

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

blown

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

bowed

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

brake

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

brooked

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

but

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

by

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

came

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

charm

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

communed

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

down

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

drew

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

enemies

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

For

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

from

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

full

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From this reading Whereat full willingly sang the little maid.

grace

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

grief

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

had

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

hands

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

hate

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

heard

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

heart

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

heathen

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

heedlessness

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Her

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

herself

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

him

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

hour

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

housel

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

hum

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

I

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

if

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

in

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

indeed

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

it

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

King

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Lancelot

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Late

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

leagued

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

list

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

little

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

looked

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

lured

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

maid

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

maiden

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

many

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

may

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

me

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

Mine

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

mixed

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Modred

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Must

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

my

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

name

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

night

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

No

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

nor

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

now

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

nuns

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

O

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

often

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

on

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

only

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

or

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

peaceful

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

people

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

pleased

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

power

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

Pursue

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

Queen

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

realm

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Receive

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

rumour

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

said

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

sanctuarynounUS /ˈsæŋk.tʃu.er.i/

A place of safety, refuge, or holy retreat within the academy.

From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

sang

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From this reading Whereat full willingly sang the little maid.

she

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

shrift

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Silent

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

sing

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

Sir

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Sisterhood

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

So

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

sought

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

spake

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

spared

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

stately

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

taught

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

tell

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

that

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

the

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

them

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

then

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

There

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

they

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

This

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

thought

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

till

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

time

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

to

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

told

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

unbind

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

unknown

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

up

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

upon

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

usurped

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

waging

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

war

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Was

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

week

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

weep

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From this reading Which when she heard, the Queen looked up, and said, “O maiden, if indeed ye list to sing, Sing, and unbind my heart that I may weep.”

what

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

when

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

Whereat

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From this reading Whereat full willingly sang the little maid.

Which

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

while

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Who

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

willingly

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From this reading Whereat full willingly sang the little maid.

with

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

wonder

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From this reading What hour, I wonder, now?” and when she drew No answer, by and by began to hum An air the nuns had taught her; “Late, so late!”

Wrapt

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From this reading So the stately Queen abode For many a week, unknown, among the nuns; Nor with them mixed, nor told her name, nor sought, Wrapt in her grief, for housel or for shrift, But communed only with the little maid, Who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness Which often lured her from herself; but now, This night, a rumour wildly blown about Came, that Sir Modred had usurped the realm, And leagued him with the heathen, while the King Was waging war on Lancelot: then she thought, “With what a hate the people and the King Must hate me,” and bowed down upon her hands Silent, until the little maid, who brooked No silence, brake it, uttering, “Late! so late!

Wrought

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

ye

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

you

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From this reading And when she came to Almesbury she spake There to the nuns, and said, “Mine enemies Pursue me, but, O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary, nor ask Her name to whom ye yield it, till her time To tell you:” and her beauty, grace and power, Wrought as a charm upon them, and they spared To ask it.

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