WIST Quotations

Lewis, Charlton Miner -- Gawayne and the Green Knight, Canto 1 (1903)

Dave — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:42:26 +0000

“Miracles do not happen:” –‘t is plain sense,
If you italicize the present tense;
But in those days, as rare old Chaucer tells,
All Britain was fulfilled of miracles.
So, as I said, the great doors opened wide.
In rushed a blast of winter from outside,
And with it, galloping on the empty air,
A great green giant on a great green mare.

Charlton Miner Lewis (1866-1923) American scholar of English literature, author
Gawayne and the Green Knight, Canto 1 (1903)
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Lewis, Charlton Miner -- Gawayne and the Green Knight, Canto 2 “Elfinhart” (1903)

Dave — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:09:56 +0000

But she pursued them through their tangled lair
And caught them, and put fire-flies in their hair;
And then they all joined hands, and round and round
They danced a morris on the moonlit ground.

Charlton Miner Lewis (1866-1923) American scholar of English literature, author
Gawayne and the Green Knight, Canto 2 “Elfinhart” (1903)
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Lewis, Charlton Miner -- Gawayne and the Green Knight, Canto 2 “Elfinhart” (1903)

Dave — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:48:08 +0000

Laugh if you will,
My queen, but let me be a woman still.
You fairies love where love is wise and just;
We mortal women love because we must.

Charlton Miner Lewis (1866-1923) American scholar of English literature, author
Gawayne and the Green Knight, Canto 2 “Elfinhart” (1903)
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