New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06
And rested. and refreshed their hearts with cheer


And ontlaw-like. in forest wise and free,
The rising and the setting of their lights H. o,a
Found those twain dwelling all tnose Gays ""u
And under change of sun and star and moon
Flonrshed and fell the chaplets woven OF june
And fair through fervors of The deepening SKY
Panied and passed the hours that lit July,
And each day blessed them out of heaven above,
And each night crowned them with the crown Oh
love.
Nor till the might of August overhead
Weighed on the world was yet one roselea1 sheo
OF all their joys warm cOrOnal, nor aught
Touched them III passing ever Win lAougnV
That ever this might end on any day
Or any night not love them where they lay;
But Ike u babDiing tale OF barren breath
Seemed all report and rumor lela OIL dcalI,
And n false bIult the legend tear-lmpealIcu
That such a thing as change was III the world.
And each bright song upon ms lips that cdiDc' ,o
MOcklng the powers OF change ana gealn ny halne'
Blasphemed their bitter godhead and deheu ".
lime, though clothed round with ruin as Kings
with pride,
To blot the glad life out of love and she
Drank lightly deep OF his philosophy ,.,.
In that warm wine of amorous words which Is
sweet with all truths OF all PHILOSOPHERS
Having been banishcd from Cornwall by ms
uncle, 1rsiram wandered through SPAN, Ermonie,
and Brittany, ard eventually married inc dluEniet
of the Duke of Brittany, another lseuiI- lseulI ol
the White Hand "a beautiful GIN V s'3ter i Duo
TusraIns heart still with thal hlst lseuiI WHO
was weeping for him at Ilntagel 10 Ihe Gdueh'ter
OF the King OF Brittany he was a husband only III
NAME and when taxed with TINS by MS WIGS
brother GanhaIdne 1Tistram confessed the reason
and depicted 80 wildly the charms ol inc COIIsh
lseult that Ganhardne demanded to see heIi ana III
CONSEQUENCE the two heroes started tOgcine lor
Cornwall But GanhaTdlne on INST DehoidihS
BrangWaIn, lseui's maid was 80 stricken WIN ad-
mirauOn and love of her that he had 10 eyes lor
the Cornish princess, and III OIder 10 gam DIdng-
vain lent and 10 1rstram III his intrigue WIN
Iseult. The end OF all this was that 1llstrau ana
the Cornish queen eloped 10 Joyous Naiu, NIon
Launcciot and Queen Guineyere lent them Us
refuge. Here
Many a noon
They took the rloorland's or the bright seas boon
ith all their hearts into Their spirit OF sense,
Rejoicing where The sudden dells grew dense
it'll sharp thick fight of hillside birds, or where
On some strait rocks ledge III the intense mute ar
Erect against the Clit1' sheer SUMMIT WING go,
Blue ~ the clear north heaven, clothou "aih WIN
light
stood neck to Blended neck and wing TO wing
" Iti heads fast hidden under, close rs ciihg
Flowers on one towering almond branch IN spring,
three hcrons deep asleep against tue sum-
Each with one biignt foot downward poised, ana
Wma.hiddcn hard by the bright head and all -,
Stiil a. lar sha PCS fixed on some WOhaIouS Wall
o. minister aisle oTciOistcr-clOse or hall
o take even Times eye prisoner "ilh utIsII'
Or, satisfied with JOY OF sound and slsht,
They sat and communed OF things pa
Altogether, life at Joyous Gard ems to have
been modelled OH that OF the cOT amour use patron
Ized by Queen isabeau iii the Injurious times Oh
Charles VI.
But all that year in Brittany forlorn,
MOle sick at heart WIFE wrath ilan rear OF scorH
And less IN love with love IMAM grlri, ana less
With glIef than pride of spirit and bitterness
Till all the sweet life of her blood was changed
And all her soul from her past estTanscd
And all her will with all ItselI at stIne
And all her mind at war with All her lie,
DNcit the WhItc-haHded lscult, mad ana VIE,
muuIner that for mourning robes had on
Anger and doubt ana hate Ci thing ioregone
For tnat sweet spirit OF old winch made her sweet
W as parched win blasts OF Thought - ho"eis WIN
heat
And Nithered as with wind of evil will;
IA sitt ifiU
That bleak black wind ycXcd all her spirIt stl'.
Her love turned to hate finely depicted in Il
long sonIoquy:
O thou. my loId that hadst me to thy wife,
Dost thou not fear at ali, remembering me,
The love that bow ed my whole soul down TO theet
Is tins 50 wholly n0ught for man TO dread,
Man whose lite walks between the quick and dead,
Naked and varied about with wind and sea,
That should love and haze rs do thee I
That one should live III all the word his Zoe
So mortal as the hate that loves HIM so
Noughi. is it noucht. husband my knight
q strong man and indOmtabc III hight,
That one more weak than fOdn-beils on the sea
Should have III heart such thoughts as OF thee
Thou art bound about with stately strength Tor
bonds;
What strength shall keep thee from my Strength
Thou ART gri about with goodly guards and great !;
" hat fosse may fence thee round deep Is hate
Thou art wise; Will wisdom teach thee lear OF me
Thou art great OF heart; shall this deliver thee
What wall Inasslve or what tower so high,
Shall be thy surety that thou shouldst not die,
II that which comes against thee be but n
Who shall up of power to take thy part,
What skill find Strength to save what strength find
art,
If that which wars against thee be my hearth
Not iron, nor the might OF force ailcld,
Nor edge of sword, nor sheterlug weight of shield,
Nor all thy fame since all Thy praise began,
Nor all the love and laud thou hast OF man,
Nor, though his nOscless hours with wool be shod,
Shall Gods love keep thee from the wrath of God.
But sorrows now began to encompass the lovers.
King Arthur had summoned lristram TO do his duty
v.ttfl.f Ifr 4gltI e tt4aI.n
who was Tayaging the domain Of MEG IIlamour,
and also ordained that lseut should be restored TO
her husband, King Mark Irisiram task OF queIl-
ing Urgan was not trflng. lie achieNed proulgles
of yalur. After killing Urgan he returned to his
forsaken wife in Brittany wounded so sorcly that
his only hope of recovery lay III the skill of the
Cornish Queen, who had curcd an equally gIievOus
wound former occasion. Accordingly he sent
liz fgit hfrl brothcrn-law Ganhardlpe 10 Cornwall
Ia his ship carved with the semblahce OF swan,
and intrusted to hun Il ring, 10 bc secretly con
veyed to the queen, in the hope tina; she might be
induced 10 fOrs4ke King Mark once moro and repair
10 Brittany:
But make thee two sails one like sel-f0am white,
To spread for signal If thou bring her back,
And If she come not the II be black,
That may know OF ever thou take land
III these my lips may die upon her hand
Or hers may never more be mixed with mine"
And his heart quaied for grief in Ganhardinc,
Hearing; and all his brother bade he swore
Surely to 40 and straight fare forth from shore.
But the whiie-haEdcd Iseult hearkenlng heard
All, and her heart waxed hot and every word
Thereon seemed craven ana pIintcu III ne thought
AS lines with fire and molten iron wrought.
So bitter burned within the unchldcd wife
A virgin lust for vengeance, and such hate
Wrought in her now the tetNent work OF fate.
GanhardIne succeeded in his mission, and set sail
for Brittany with the queen on board Meantime
TrIstrain Law langushing. tended by his wife, aud
gazing over the sea IN quest OF white sail, some
tunes hoping and sometimes desparmg
Far To west
Had sunk the dead moon Oh the 1--we seas breast,
Slain as with bitter fear 10 see the sun:
And eastward was a strong bright Wind begun
Between the clouds and waters and he said,
Seeing hardly through dark dawn her doubtful head
Iueuit ~ aud like a death-beIl faint and clear