Merlin: A Poem

Robinson, Edwin Arlington · 1935

CAPTAIN CRAIG THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY "Gawaine, Gawaine, what look ye for to see, So far beyond the faint edge of the world? D'ye look to see the lady Vivian, Pursued by divers ominous vile demons That have another king more fierce than ours? Or think ye that if ye look far enough And hard enough into the feathery west Ye'll have a glimmer of the Grail itself? And if ye look for neither Grail nor lady, What look ye for to see, Gawaine, Gawaine?" So Dagonet, whom Arthur made a knight Because he loved him as he laughed at him, Intoned his idle presence on a day To Gawaine, who had thought himself alone, Had th…

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