Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
Arms and the man I sing,--not as of old The Mantuan bard his mighty verse unrolled, But in such humbler strains as may beseem Light changes rung on a fantastic theme. My tale is ancient, but the sense is new,-- Replete with monstrous fictions, yet half true;-- And, if you'll f...
O Muse!--But no: heaven knows I need a muse; But which of all the nine, pray, should I choose? Thalia, Clio, and Melpomene, I love them all, but none, alas, loves me; For if you...
2. Chapter 2King Arthur and his court were blithe and gay In high-towered Camelot, on Christmas day, For all the Table Round were back again, At peace with God and with their fellow-men. Th...
3. Chapter 3In Canto I. I followed the old rule We learned from Horace when we went to school, And took a headlong plunge _in medias res_, As Maro did, and blind Mæonides; And now, still fo...
5. Chapter 5By noon the next day, Gawayne and his host Rode side by side along the perilous coast Of the gray Mere, from whose unquiet sleep Reverberating murmurs of the deep Startled the s...
1. Chapter 1Arms and the man I sing,--not as of old The Mantuan bard his mighty verse unrolled, But in such humbler strains as may beseem Light changes rung on a fantastic theme. My tale is...