...their Saxon equivalents. VII. Paraphrase the following : So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...shining levels of the lake ; There drew he forth the broad Excalibur, And o'er him drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud,...

...mouldering tombstones might well represent the imaginary scene of the poet — " Where lay the mighty bonea of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam." Near at hand the visitor should notice a cliff of beautiful outline and varied colouring, rising abruptly...

...progress. The lines of the poet are true of these melancholy sands and shifting graves : — " Here lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea wind sings Shrill, chill, with Makes of foam." The walls of the two primitive churches at Perranzabuloe...

...the ' Passing of Arthur,' where the knight steps slowly in the moonlight from the ruined shrine and the place of tombs : ' Where lay the mighty bones...the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam ' ? That seems to lend the last touch of mystery and greatness to a scene of human endeavour, that...

...fittest that could be selected for the bleak description of Tennyson — A place of tombs, Where lie the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea wind sings, Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. The old porteress, with her rusty keys, will admit...

...which with its mouldering tombstones might well repre83 87 sent the imaginary scene of the poet — "Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights,...sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam." Near at hand the visitor should notice a cliff of beautiful outline and varied colouring, rising abruptly...

...at full, Watch what 1 see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind s.-mg Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock,...

...full, Watch what I sec, and lightly bring theo word." So saying, from the ruined, shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, "Where...pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. 5. There drew he forth the brand Excalibur, And o'er him, drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening...

...what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept And in the inoon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones...stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rook, Came on the shining levels of the lake. There drew he forth the brand Excalibur, And o'er him,...

...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping dowr. By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. There drew...