DAGONET, the fool, whom Gawain in his moods Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round, At Camelot, high above the yellowing woods, And toward him from the hall, with harp in hand, And from the crown thereof a carcanet Of ruby swaying to and fro, the prize Of Tristram in the jousts of yesterday, Came Tristram, saying, 'Why skip ye so, Sir Fool?' For Arthur and Sir Lancelot riding once This poem forms one of the "Idylls of the King." Its place is between "Pelleas" and "Guinevere." |