SIR LANCELOT.
Sir Lanncelol stood on the snow-clad height O'erlooking the cloister grey, Where Guinivere, in her wild despair, Was weeping her life away. An'l teais coursed slowly down, Dimming his armour's sheen. As h: thought of the halcyon days When he wooed and worshipped the queen, T]ii love of his life, his Guinivere, tho proud and beautiful queen. "Ah, me," he sighed. "Ah, me! That such beauty should but ensnare, I deemed the world well lo^fi For a tress of her golden hair. I've been false to my God and my king, To the honour thnfc men revere; IVe imperilled my <=oul for the smile Of the beautiful Guinivere, The love-lit eye owl the smile of the beautiful Guinivere." "Ah, me," he sighed. "Ah, me!
That such love should bring but pain, The golden hair of my Guinivere I shall see, ah! never again; I shall die in the fc.ieign wars,
Or in fight with the hoachen Dane, But my Guinivere, iay queen, I shall see, oh! never again — Tli3 golden hair of my Guinivere I shall see, ah! never ag^in."
Eose Ellen Eastojt.
Armidale, July IS9S,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 41
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188SIR LANCELOT. Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 41
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