Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-12


In H., ven o. 81 hT 'y and fGrroral sense
Min MI iht from inward and e efu nj heat
Anl the august great os~om Il the Giaan
Bur :, and the fun SUI scarce from withdrawn
Seemed on the fiery water flower a1oat
80 80 a. 3 hr The mighty morning smote
Burst and the bud Of her sweet spirit br,.ke
kC'-e hlOD. and the strong spring q stroke
IArl4.ai and was eloren. and from the full sheath
The sole rose of the woman rel as fame:
And al her Mayday hooi as from swo"m
g. for ace her heart a l,eavenward hurneI:
Iben with in half SUNNI in her eyes she turned,
a. th EuTh he sl1rit a1i'i sense unreeonc led
Let he put forth the irreyocabie flower
After time the wind freshened and the sea
growing rough, Trstram lent a hand to the
Oarsmen:
sa 0fl 8 T rei q b1 s spRe
Gi ms to drink. snd give me for PIE ,ge
AID Iseult sought and would not wake Brsngwain,
B. ne s Ge r dead yish feJr end Rhsin
Nent lsen!t ouni her. wit. soft looks and sweet
She was and 4arlltsr Of k alii K sps.s
End .s sly what strange hrxht secret charge kept
Ss, sRt and ( dr rev. te oi forth ned
That hears + glad sal life in magic lands;
ao the P5yh 90 fl at w sla TIrS h fl .
10 6uEq our Of the ar and faith and shame.
AID MAKE mem az ' "a 5ie up III menS siht
Bowel toward her and crayed whence She had this
I IN 1.i-3t be spoil Of some dim Asian King
Ana s 6 5.qtsf is9 so SaI n4ss IF ss snds
And isedt. q rilin-- .'othsr erls thst he
Our teet the hst vine biek to If feast S
IN IN shey he mil and Sc Of all men lea t
= ed Ter them ana 1aln 10 fare soWell:
Thai Mh 'Fe handa,i and your squire it fer
AMI viii st T Ts NJ f fG4n nus, ns IN n,a vile;
And ha1ds that wis got though they du; Er,Se.
s sd d TIE hSsi's OF g'l and drank. and gave.
md all Their NE ehaEge IN them for they qaaffed
And Sh2 esR a9d are Tha hss.
n turned and ssw the terror in her eyes
Az -,ar a.i ,.-syan ,hs atldnis.s 'fssi "'''
Nor or hama s T aed cup p and as that
Ioiute III r lirs tnrether: each each
Goulie. and ae mouth niT trembed aor o1 ord
1heir heads neared, and their hands drawn in
AND tllcy saw dark. thoush still the qnsunken sun
And their four bps became one burning mouth
On landing Iseult was received by King Mark
with an affection which is touchingly described
DO great was the fame of Iseult S beauty that the
Knight and minstrel Paiamede who during iris
Trans absence had obtained of the king rash
promise to grant him whatever he might ask,
demanded the queen herself. and Mark was COM
PEELED by his oath tn Weld her up. Palamede rode
Oh with his prize; but his triumph was of short
Duration. Tristram followed him. and after van
gushing him. rode away with Iseult into the
woods. Then follow the love PASSAGES i'm the
woods, which. though they nearly oyerpass the
Border line of modern erOtic poetry are so full
OF beauty. and are. moreover. SO charged with
fhe chiyalry and high heroism which alone can
MAKE beautiful iawless passion, that it is i'm
possible to wish them unwrtten:
There was bower beyond mans eyes more fair
Than ever sum er dews an sunnest air,
Ee't iiil with rest and radiance til the boughs
Hal wrought z roof IS fp- no ie house
u CAV YNr RTtt ff...T, fai,a
Than - the .see. light back Of m On aud star
rom nh Rn ~, ehsrs tneIo nj hit owe and sleep
Nit NTH aIlo.o'> attenuation OF sw, It str1f.:
n smooth Ter pleasures feet TO ran and rest
%sre t rF plx e and tn r bs9 G breast
Il may forgst the hour that wove it. crown;
They forget the .nirth that mi might ma ie
And tn ,1er, ee sweet ,izht had slain s,ee. day.
AM E,,.t.i and refreshed their hearts With cheer
~ nuns-r' , fashion OF the woods and here
A Ap tale of all ord'- wesriness farewell
Would ns 'l Gse s and s Sraz
FL nor b .n'uShf 81 so;ro~ but sw,etearth
F Ee Win Ia rsth goods and cherish well.
And sars r.t aud sank Ike epson Tes t the s
And out.aw-l h; IN forest wise and free
Found tho twain yelling ali those days and nights
f"ared snd f. d s eb and a;s star wand and moon
And iar through fervors of the deepening SKY
And ca ~ ,5esn out o. b heSSen above.
AlG ElShi bed them with the of Iowa
Nor tll n mt<h, of August overhead
wsiEh 4 On The world wa. yet one ro-e'eaf shed
aebs t63% aT T s2e1 s nGr aa s5hr,
That ever this mis- ht any day
VI any night not We them t.iey lay:
bn:t NE a hab'l ng tie of barren breath
SCENE see - Al r. orr and runnor held of death,
mat saGa a ia 2 as en- nze was in III " cid.
49, Taea PRINT -orz nP2n his iirs tina came,
El.s ki IN s's.rs 81 change AM teia BY name.
Time II .zh c. tiei round with r.in kings with
To HIT an ,ya1 90. On, l,ro.
~ Ef ,1,s a-hl, q ca II has phi osophy
oweet Win ali Truths - a. philosophers.
Having been banished from Cornwall by his
Uncle irtStran wandered through Spain Err
monieald br.ttaIv. and eventually married the
Daughter of tine Duke of BRITTANY another Ise
ult - iseuit of the White Hama beautiful
Rri Oh slNteel But Trisfran's heart was still
with that hrSt ISeult who was weeping for him
at liHtasel To the daughter of the Kim, of
Brittany he vas husband only in name and
when taxed with this 10y his wife's brot her Can
hardiae. fristram confessed the reason and de-
pictcd 81 vivdiy the charms of the Cornis, Jse
ult that Gannarfne demanded to see her and
In Consequence the two heroes started together
for Cornwall But Ganhard!ne ON first behold
ing BrsIgwa.u. i~eult's maid. was so stricken
with u lIuiratipn and love of her that he had no
eyes for the Cornish princess. and in order to
gam siTengwafn lent aid To Tristram In his in
trigue with lseult. The end of all this was that
TristraIn and the Cornish queen eoped TO JOY
ouS Gard. which Launcelot and Queen Guine-
we're lent them as refuge. Here
Msny
y. " t,3E the uoori1 Eds or the brfzht seas boon
W. al their heart Hto their, spirit of ense.
ls.]l-c.1g, whe~c the sudden dells dense
cl6 sharp thick KIT o; ni lsisie e.:,i- Or where
or SOM strait rDeK's e.-e the int suse mute afr
T. e't 2--5lns Pr vIfFI7s sunlt VIII to
lc IN q moth heaven. ciot ned warm with light
~ Stst il'';S y bede meek AID wing TO wing
Miih heads fast nj ieiel uId r, close as cling
Elogcr- on one tveric almond branch in sprin2
Ii'r.se trercns deep asleep again 4 the SUM-
D Z downward oSa1 and onA
WI, Wa n ttien lard ~ the bright head, and all
9TH - fiir shapes lived on some wondrous wall
VI inn"tcr aisle or cl0 ster-clOse hail
10 "a even Times eye prisoner with deixht.
Ut sax >hed with Joy Of sound aud ght,
1ney ST aud eonlInt1led of things past
Altogether, life at Joyous Gard seems to have
oeen modelled ON that of the cotu- aDaoureuse
palronized by Queen Isabeau In the luxurious
Zines of Charles VI