Galahad In The Castle Of The Maidens
(To the maiden with the hidden face in Abbeys painting) The other maidens raised their eyes to him Who stumbled in before them when the fight Had left him victor, with a victors right. I think his eyes with quick hot tears grew dim; He scarcely saw her swaying white and slim, And trembling slightly, dreaming of his might, Nor knew he touched her hand, as strangely light As a wan wraiths beside a rivers rim. The other maidens raised their eyes to see And only she has hid her face away, And yet I ween she loved him more than they, And very fairly fashioned was her face. Yet for Loves shame and sweet humility, She dared not meet him with their queen-like grace.
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