May 13, 2011 · Read, review and discuss the Lancelot And Elaine poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson on Poetry.com

4 days ago · Of Lancelot, she that knew not even his name? Had named them, since a diamond was the prize. Had found a glen, gray boulder and black tarn. Of diamonds, one in front, and four aside. Heard murmurs, 'Lo, thou likewise shalt be King.' Hereafter, which God hinder.' Thus he spoke: Worth half her realm, had never spoken word.

Inspired by the 13th-century Italian short prose text Donna di Scalotta, the poem tells the tragic story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman stranded in a tower up the river from Camelot.

by Alfred Lord Tennyson [?] And yellow-throated nestling in the nest. And ah God’s mercy, what a stroke was there! And saved him: so she lived in fantasy. Of Lancelot, she that knew not even his name? Had named them, since a diamond was the prize. Had found a glen, gray boulder and black tarn. Of diamonds, one in front, and four aside.

At Alfred's request, his poem "Crossing the Bar," an epitaph of sorts, is always printed last in any collection of his works (our thanks to visitor Cynthia R. for reminding Passions of this oversight).

Of Lancelot, she that knew not even his name? Had named them, since a diamond was the prize. Had found a glen, gray boulder and black tarn. Of diamonds, one in front, and four aside. Heard murmurs, ’Lo, thou likewise shalt be King.’. Hereafter, which God hinder.’. Thus he spoke: Worth half her realm, had never spoken word.

May 13, 2011 · An analysis of the Lancelot And Elaine poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson including schema, poetic form, metre, stanzas and plenty more comprehensive statistics.

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Jun 29, 2013 · Elaine the fair, Elaine the loveable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot; Which first she placed where the morning's earliest ray Might strike it, and awake her with the gleam; Then fearing rust or soilure fashioned for it A case of silk, and braided thereupon All th...