Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | ||
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ACROSTIC
TO THE RIVER CAMEL.
PURSUE thy course, thou richly storied stream,Ever of British bards the darling theme;
Nor merlins' art, nor fay Morganna's spell,
Camalan need'st thou more thy fame to swell!
Arthur will live as long as thou shall flow,
Romance beside thy waters dream. What though
Rock-throned Tintagel sink into the sand,
One matchless scene round which thy silver band
Winds lovingly, will aye be Fairy Land.
September 1868.
Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | ||